AXI-Lite strips bursts for control. AXI-Stream strips addresses for data pipes.
AXI-Lite: single-beat transfers only, no burst, no ID reorder.
AXI-Stream: TVALID/TREADY data flow with TLAST, TKEEP, optional TID/TDEST.
Pick Lite for registers, Stream for video/DSP/NPU datapaths.
Specializations of AXI for control vs streaming. Often coexist with full AXI on the same SoC.
The Stream path: an accepted output beat carrying TLAST ends the packet.
Concepts — Compare retained register-write context with accepted packet bytes.
Integration — Preserve byte and sideband contracts through conversion.
Debug — Count accepted packet bytes and the final marker at each boundary.
Interview — Choose Lite from traffic requirements rather than block labels.