User guide

4–2 Chapter 4: XAUI PHY IP Core
Device Family Support
Altera Transceiver PHY IP Core User Guide December 2010 Altera Corporation
Device Family Support
IP cores provide either final or preliminary support for target Altera device families.
These terms have the following definitions:
■ Final support—Verified with final timing models for this device.
■ Preliminary support—Verified with preliminary timing models for this device.
Table 4–2 shows the level of support offered by the XAUI IP core for Altera device
families.
Performance and Resource Utilization
Table 4–3 shows the typical expected device resource utilization for different
configurations using the current version of the Quartus II software targeting a
Stratix IV GX (EP4SG230KF40C2ES) device.
Vendor ID 6AF7
Note to Table 4–1:
(1) No ordering codes or license files are required for the hard PCS and hard PMA PHY in Arria II GX, Cyclone IV GX,
or Stratix IV GX or GT devices.
Table 4–1. XAUI Release Information (Part 2 of 2)
Item Description
Table 4–2. Device Family Support
Device Family Support
Arria II GX–hard PCS and hard PMA Final
Cyclone IV GX–hard PCS and hard PMA Preliminary
Stratix IV GX and GT devices–soft or hard PCS and hard PMA Final
Stratix V devices–soft PCS + hard PMA Preliminary
Other device families No support
Table 4–3. XAUI PHY Performance and Resource Utilization—Stratix IV GX Device
Implementation
Number of 3.125
Gbps Channels
Worst-Case
Frequency
Combinational
ALUTs
Dedicated
Registers
Memory Bits
Soft XAUI 4 183.18 MHz 4500 3200 5100
Hard XAUI 4 400 MHz 2000 1300 0