Endpoint for PCI Express
Part Number:
EF-DI-PCIEXP-SITE
License:
Core License Agreement
Program:
LogiCORE
Design Tools Support:
- ISE Design Suite
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Product Details
Documentation
Device Family Support
- Virtex-5 SXT
- Virtex-5 LXT
The Xilinx Endpoint solution for PCI Express® includes a PCI Express 1-lane, 4-lane, and 8-lane complete endpoint core and a PCI Express PIPE Interface Protocol Layer core. In addition a PCI Express Endpoint Development Kit is also available. These solutions can be used in communication, multimedia, server and mobile platforms and enables applications such as high-end medical imaging, graphics intensive video games, DVD quality streaming video on the desktop and 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface cards. This core combined with other Xilinx connectivity solutions help customers preserve their investment in older technologies by allowing seamless bridging to other standard and proprietary interfaces.
Key Features
- Protocol and electrically compatible
- Complete endpoint solution includes physical, link and transaction, and configuration management modules
- Both 8-lane and 4-lane configurations auto negotiate down to a 1-lane configuration
- Supports packet-oriented LocalLink Interface
- Synchronous point-to-point communication
- Upstream and downstream flow control
- Fully compliant with PCI Express transaction ordering rules
- Efficient link bandwidth utilization
- Error detection and recovery
- Supports maximum payload of 512 bytes
- Design verified by a Xilinx proprietary testbench
- Tested at PCI-SIG compliance workshop and included on PCI Express Integrators List
- PCI Express Xilinx Development Kit available from NitAl
Benefits of Xilinx Endpoint solution for PCI Express
- Real Availability - This is the world's first PCI Express solution, available today. It enables your designs to achieve the highest level of performance using serial I/O technology.
- Real Performance - The RocketIO™ Multi-Gbps transceivers on the Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4 FX FPGAs, enable a line rate of 2.5 Gbps in single lane PCI Express configuration.
- Real Flexibility - The inherently programmable nature of the FPGA allows you to continually modify your design, as your performance requirements change, reducing your risk in adopting the standard.
- Faster Time to Market - Today, there is simply no other comparable way to develop PCI Express applications with minimal impact to your overall system development cycle. Xilinx will continue to update this core as the specification evolves.