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Revision History
March 2012 Altera Corporation Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core
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Interlaken PHY Transceiver
December 
2010
1.1
■ Added simulation support in ModelSim SE, Synopsys VCS MX, Cadence NCSim
■ Changed number of lanes supported from 4–24 to 1–24.
■ Changed reference clock to be 1/20th rather than 1/10th the lane rate.
■ Renamed management interface, adding 
phy_
 prefix
■ Changed 
phy_mgmt_address
 from 16 to 9 bits.
■ Changed many signal names, refer to Figure 5–2 on page 5–8.Changed register map to 
show word addresses instead of a byte offset from a base address.
PCI Express PHY (PIPE)
December 
2010
1.1
■ Added simulation support in ModelSim SE
■ Added PIPE low latency configuration option
■ Changed 
phy_mgmt_address
 from 16 to 9 bits.
■ Changed register map to show word addresses instead of a byte offset from a base address.
■ Added 
tx_ready
, 
rx_ready
, 
pipe_txswing
, and 
pipe_rxeleciidle
 signals 
■ Added 
rx_errdetect
, 
rx_disperr
, and 
rx_a1a2sizeout
 register fields
Custom PHY Transceiver
December 
2010
1.1
■ Added support for 8B/10B encoding and decoding in Stratix V devices
■ Added support for rate matching in Stratix V devices.
■ Added support for Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, HardCopy IV GX, and Stratix IV GX devices
■ Renamed management interface, adding 
phy_
 prefix
■ Changed 
phy_mgmt_address
 from 8 to 9 bits.
■ Added many optional status ports and renamed some signals. Refer to Figure 7–2 on 
page 7–16 and subsequent signal descriptions.
■ Changed register map to show word addresses instead of a byte offset from a base address.
Low Latency PHY IP Core
December 
2010
1.1
■ Renamed management interface, adding 
phy_
 prefix
■ Changed 
phy_mgmt_address
 from 16 to 9 bits.
■ Changed register map to show word addresses instead of a byte offset from a base address.
■ Removed 
rx_offset_cancellation_done
 signal. Internal reset logic determines when 
offset cancellation has completed.
■ Removed support for Stratix IV GX devices.
Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller
December 
2010
1.1
■ Reconfiguration is now integrated into the XAUI PHY IP core and 10GBASE-R PHY IP core. 
■ Revised register map to show word addresses instead of a byte offset from a base address.
Migrating from Stratix IV to Stratix V
December 
2010
1.1
■ Changed 
phy_mgmt_address
 from 16 to 9 bits.
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