Design Advisories
Design Advisory Master Answer Record for Kintex-7 FPGA
Design Advisory Answer Records are created for issues that are important to designs currently in progress and are selected to be included in the Xilinx Alert Notification System.
This Design Advisory covers the Kintex-7 devices and related issues that impact Kintex-7 FPGA designs.
Design Advisories Alerted on April 17th, 2017
| 04/17/2017 | (Xilinx Answer 69034) | Design Advisory for 7 Series, UltraScale and UltraScale+, all versions of Vivado prior to 2016.3 failed to include Flight time delays for differential IO Standards. |
Design Advisories Alerted on March 28, 2016
| 03/28/2016 | (Xilinx Answer 66173) | Design Advisory for Vivado 2015.4 - Vivado Timing WNS Alert - Missing Timing Arc on BUFR to BUFG clock path causes hold violations on board |
Design Advisories Alerted on November 10, 2014
| 11/10/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 62631) | Design Advisory for Vivado 2014.3 - Program eFUSE Registers operation failure for 7 series and UltraScale FPGAs | [SECURITY] |
Design Advisories Alerted on September 22, 2014
| 09/22/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 61875) | Design Advisory for QPLL based 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH designs: QPLLPD should not be enabled for min time of 500ns after configuration is complete. |
Design Advisories Alerted on June 16, 2014
| 06/16/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 60845) | Design Advisory for MIG 7 Series RLDRAM3 - SIM_BYPASS_INIT_CAL incorrectly set to "FAST" for synthesis and implementation |
| 06/16/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 59294) | Design Advisory GT wizard - CPLL causes power spike on power up for 7 series Transceivers |
Design Advisories Alerted on May 26, 2014
| 05/26/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 60356) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard v3.2 or earlier - Required XDC constraint Updates |
| 05/26/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver - Updated the RXCDR_CFG setting for SATA Gen 2/Gen 3 and PMA_RSV for 6.6 Gbps |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 20, 2014
| 01/20/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 59035) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH Transceivers - QPLL not supported for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 |
Design Advisories Alerted on November 25, 2013
| 11/25/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 58244) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX Transceiver - RXDFEXYDEN Port Update in DFE Mode |
| 11/25/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver; added reference to the user guide UG476 for RX_DFE_KL_CFG2 setting |
Design Advisory Alerted on October 23, 2013
| 10/23/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51554) | Design Advisory for Aurora 64B66B v8.1 or earlier - Core initialization is inconsistent on consecutive RESET and PMA_INIT inputs |
Design Advisory Alerted on September 16, 2013
| 09/16/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 57193) | Design Advisory for the Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Zynq-7000 Packaging - The 7 Series Thermal Resistance Values (Theta-JA, Theta-JB, and Theta-JC) are being updated with more accurate values, many of which are substantially changed |
Design Advisory Alerted on August 26, 2013
| 08/19/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 57045) | Design Advisory for Artix-7/Kintex-7 - When CFGBVS is set to VCCO of Bank 0, then Banks 14 and 15 are limited to 3.3V or 2.5V for Configuration |
Design Advisory Alerted on August 5, 2013
| 08/05/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55009) | Updated Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - TX Sync Controller Change for Phase Alignment in Buffer Bypass Mode with links to Answer Records for IPs |
Design Advisory Alerted on May 20, 2013
| 05/16/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55009) | Updated Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - TX Sync Controller Change for Phase Alignment in Buffer Bypass Mode with links to Answer Records for IPs |
Design Advisories Alerted on May 13, 2013
| 05/13/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55366) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - Transceiver Wizard Sets Suboptimal RX Termination Use Modes |
| 05/13/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55791) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard - Required Updates to Wizard v2.5 |
Design Advisories Alerted on April 3, 2013
| 04/03/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55009) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - TX Sync Controller Change for Phase Alignment in Buffer Bypass Mode |
| 04/03/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 50906) | Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T, 420T and Virtex-7 485XT, 690XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices: Updated for 7V690T production devices |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 21, 2013
| 1/17/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 53740) | Updated Design Advisory for 7-Series Xilinx PCI Express Cores - No Clock Output on TXOUTCLK at Cold Temperature. |
Design Advisory Alerted on December 18, 2012
| 12/13/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver: added the RXCDR_CFG setting for SATA SSC and a note on RXELECIDLEMODE/RXBUF_RESET_ON_EIDLE when not using OOB. |
Design Advisories Alerted on November 5, 2012
| 10/31/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50617) | Updated Design Advisory for Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA Production GTX Transceivers with references to specific devices; updated the bitstream compatibility section |
| 10/25/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50906) | Updated Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T and Virtex-7 485XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices; updated for 14.3/2012.3 release |
Design Advisories Alerted on October 29, 2012
| 10/25/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 52193) | Design Advisory for 7 Series BPI Multiboot - When fallback occurs flash access is always in BPI asynchronous Mode |
Design Advisories Alerted on October 22, 2012
| 10/22/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated the RXCDR_CFG values in the Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver |
| 10/22/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50617) | Updated the bitstream compatibility section in the Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA Production GTX Transceiver |
Design Advisory Alerted on October 15, 2012
| 10/15/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51884) | Design Advisory for Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 GTX Production Silicon CDR Attribute Updates |
Design Advisory Alerted on September 10, 2012
| 09/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51580) | Design Advisory for 14.1/14.2 Timing Analysis 7 Series - Clock Arrival Times are Incorrect for block Ram (BRAM) or FIFO Components for PERIOD constraint analysis |
Answer Records Upgraded to Design Advisories
| 09/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45781) | Design Advisory for 7 Series XADC - Using the XADCEnhancedLinearity BitGen option |
Design Advisory Alerted on August 20, 2012
| 08/17/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50906) | Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T and Virtex-7 485XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices |
| 08/20/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51296) | Design Advisory - 7 Series Package Flight Time changes in ISE 14.2 and Vivado 2012.2 release |
Design Advisories Alerted on July 25, 2012
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47817) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7/Virtex-7 GTX Transceiver Power-up/Power-down with additional current draw when following the recommended sequence, with information about duration of current draw, simultaneous power-up and more FAQs. |
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver with RX_DFE_XYD_CFG value. |
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50617) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7and Virtex-7 FPGA Production GTX Transceivers. |
Design Advisories Alerted on July 2, 2012
| 06/28/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon - Updated GTX software use mode changeswith the latest GTXE2_COMMON use model change information. |
Design Advisory Alerted on May 8, 2012
| 05/07/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47248) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 FPGA - XC7K325T CES9937 Initial Engineering Sample (IES) Supported in ISE 13.4 only |
Design Advisory Alerted on March 26, 2012
| 03/22/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon - Updated RXCDR_CFG setting for half-rate mode. |
Design Advisory Alerted on February 27, 2012
| 02/23/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues, and Work-arounds for General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon to include new RXCDR_CFG settings and a link to GTX software known issues/use mode changes. |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 30, 2012
| 01/24/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues, and Work-arounds for General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 16, 2012
| 01/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45633) | Design Advisory for 7 Series MIG DDR3/DDR2 - Updated pin placement rules for CKE and ODT; existing UCFs must be verified |
Design Advisory Alerted on November 21, 2011
| 11/21/2011 | (Xilinx Answer 44174) | Design Advisory for techniques on properly synchronizing flip-flops and SRLs after startup |
Design Advisory Alerted on July 6, 2011
| 07/06/2011 | (Xilinx Answer 42615) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA Transceivers - GTX Port Name Changes in ISE 13.2 design tools |
| Answer Number |
Answer Title |
Version Found |
Version Resolved |
| 44174 |
Design Advisory for techniques on properly synchronizing flip-flops and SRLs after startup |
N/A |
N/A |
| 50906 |
Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T, 420T and Virtex-7 485XT, 690XT, 1140XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices |
N/A |
N/A |
| 51580 |
Design Advisory for 14.1/14.2 Timing Analysis 7 Series - Clock Arrival Times are Incorrect for Block RAM (BRAM) or FIFO Components for PERIOD constraint analysis |
N/A |
N/A |
| 45781 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series XADC - Using the XADCEnhancedLinearity BitGen option |
N/A |
N/A |
| 44971 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series XADC - Accuracy of On Chip Reference |
N/A |
N/A |
| 52193 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series BPI Multiboot - When fallback occurs, flash access is always in BPI Asynchronous Mode |
N/A |
N/A |
| 53740 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series Xilinx PCI Express Cores - No Clock Output on TXOUTCLK at Cold Temperature |
N/A |
N/A |
| 55791 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard - Required Updates to Wizard v2.5 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 55366 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers: Transceiver Wizard Sets Suboptimal RX Termination Use Modes |
N/A |
N/A |
| 57045 |
Design Advisory for Artix-7, Kintex-7 - When CFGBVS is set to VCCO of Bank 0, then Banks 14 and 15 are limited to 3.3V or 2.5V for Configuration |
N/A |
N/A |
| 57193 |
Design Advisory for Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Zynq-7000 Packaging - The 7 Series Thermal Resistance Values (Theta-JA, Theta-JB, and Theta-JC) are being updated with more accurate values, many of which are substantially changed |
N/A |
N/A |
| 51554 |
Design Advisory for Aurora 64B66B v8.1 or earlier - Core initialization is inconsistent on consecutive RESET and PMA_INIT inputs |
N/A |
N/A |
| 58244 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX Transceiver - RXDFEXYDEN Port Update in DFE Mode |
N/A |
N/A |
| 59035 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH Transceivers - QPLL not supported for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 62631 |
Design Advisory for Vivado 2014.3 - Program eFUSE Registers operation failure for 7 series and UltraScale FPGAs |
N/A |
N/A |
Design Advisory Master Answer Record for Virtex-7 FPGA
Design Advisory Answer Records are created for issues that are important to designs currently in progress and are selected to be included in the Xilinx Alert Notification System.
This Design Advisory covers the Virtex-7 FPGA and related issues which impact Virtex-7 FPGA designs.
Design Advisories Alerted on April 17th, 2017
| 04/14/2017 | (Xilinx Answer 69034) | Design Advisory for 7 Series, UltraScale and UltraScale+, all versions of Vivado prior to 2016.3 failed to include Flight time delays for differential IO Standards. |
Design Advisories Alerted on March 28, 2016
| 03/24/2016 | (Xilinx Answer 66173) | Design Advisory for Vivado 2015.4 - Vivado Timing WNS Alert - Missing Timing Arc on BUFR to BUFG clock path causes hold violations on board |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 19, 2015
| 01/19/2015 | (Xilinx Answer 63110) | Design Advisory for 7 Series GTH Transceiver Wizard: DFE incorrectly set to HOLD after adaptation in Vivado 2013.4 to 2014.4 |
Design Advisories Alerted on November 10, 2014
| 11/10/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 62631) | Design Advisory for Vivado 2014.3 - Program eFUSE Registers operation failure for 7 series and UltraScale FPGAs | [SECURITY] |
Design Advisories Alerted on September 22, 2014
| 09/29/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 61875) | Design Advisory for QPLL based 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH designs: QPLLPD should not be enabled for min time of 500ns after configuration is complete. |
Design Advisories Alerted on September 01, 2014
| 09/01/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 61748) | Design Advisory for Vivado Power/XPE - GTH - LPM/DFE mode under-reporting for MGTAVcc current in XPE. |
Design Advisories Alerted on June 16, 2014
| 06/16/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 60845) | Design Advisory for MIG 7 Series RLDRAM3 - SIM_BYPASS_INIT_CAL incorrectly set to "FAST" for synthesis and implementation |
| 06/16/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 59294) | - Design Advisory GT wizard - CPLL causes power spike on power up for 7 series Transceivers |
Design Advisories Alerted on May 26 , 2014
| 05/26/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 60356) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard v3.2 or earlier - Required XDC constraint Updates |
| 05/26/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 60489) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard v3.2 or earlier: GTH/GTP Production RX reset sequence can get stuck |
| 05/26/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver - Updated the RXCDR_CFG setting for SATA Gen 2/Gen 3 and PMA_RSV for 6.6 Gbps |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 20, 2014
| 01/20/2014 | (Xilinx Answer 59035) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH Transceivers - QPLL not supported for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 |
Design Advisories Alerted on November 25, 2013
| 11/25/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 58244) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX Transceiver - RXDFEXYDEN Port Update in DFE Mode |
| 11/25/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver; added reference to the user guide UG476 for RX_DFE_KL_CFG2 setting |
Design Advisory Alerted on October 23, 2013
| 10/23/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51554) | Design Advisory for Aurora 64B66B v8.1 or earlier - Core initialization is inconsistent on consecutive RESET and PMA_INIT inputs |
Design Advisory Alerted on September 16, 2013
| 09/16/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 57193) | Design Advisory for the Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Zynq-7000 Packaging - The 7 Series Thermal Resistance Values (Theta-JA, Theta-JB, and Theta-JC) are being updated with more accurate values, many of which are substantially changed |
Design Advisory Alerted on August 5, 2013
| 08/05/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55009) | Updated Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - TX Sync Controller Change for Phase Alignment in Buffer Bypass Mode with links to Answer Records for IPs |
Design Advisories Alerted on July 29, 2013
| 07/29/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: Updated QPLL_CFG, QPLL_LOCK_CFG and QPLL_LOCK_CFG attributes |
| 07/29/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 56332) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 GTH - QPLL Attribute Updates for Production Silicon: Updated QPLL_CFG, QPLL_LOCK_CFG and COMMON_CFG attributes |
Design Advisory Alerted on May 20, 2013
| 05/16/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55009) | Updated Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - TX Sync Controller Change for Phase Alignment in Buffer Bypass Mode with links to Answer Records for IPs |
Design Advisories Alerted on May 13, 2013
| 05/13/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55366) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - Transceiver Wizard Sets Suboptimal RX Termination Use Modes |
| 05/13/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55791) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard - Required Updates to Wizard v2.5 |
Design Advisory Alerted on April 15, 2013
| 04/12/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: Updated GTHE2_COMMON/BIAS_CFG use mode to include clock forwarding and added the RX reset sequence, TX sync controller sections |
Design Advisories Alerted on April 3, 2013
| 04/03/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 55009) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers - TX Sync Controller Change for Phase Alignment in Buffer Bypass Mode |
| 03/26/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: Updated RX_DFE_KL_CFG setting |
| 04/03/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 50906) | Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T, 420T and Virtex-7 485XT, 690XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices: Updated for 7V690T production devices |
Design Advisory Alerted on March 19, 2013
| 03/07/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: Updated LPM port settings to be in adapt mode, Changed QPLL_CFG settings from "line rate" to QPLL frequency |
Design Advisory Alerted on February 25, 2013
| 02/21/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 53779) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Production Transceiver RX Reset Sequence Requirement; Updated to reflect the correct GTH mode combination where the new reset is required |
Design Advisory Alerted on February 18, 2013
| 02/15/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: Added RXCDR_CFG setting for PCIe Gen3, updated DFE port settings to be in adapt mode |
Design Advisory Alerted on February 11, 2013
| 02/04/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues, and Work-arounds for Initial Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon; added PCS_RSVD_ATTR[8] and note |
Design Advisory Alerted on February 4, 2013
| 01/31/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 53779) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver: RX Reset Sequence Requirement for Production Silicon |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 21, 2013
| 01/17/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 53740) | Updated Design Advisory for 7 Series Xilinx PCI Express Cores - No Clock Output on TXOUTCLK at Cold Temperature. |
Design Advisories Alerted on January 14, 2013
| 01/09/2013 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: updated BIAS_CFG, QPLL_CFG settings and added QPLL_CLKOUT_CFG to the table. |
Design Advisories Alerted on December 18, 2012
| 12/13/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH General ES Transceiver: added the RXCDR_CFG setting for SATA SSC and a note on RXELECIDLEMODE/RXBUF_RESET_ON_EIDLE when not using OOB. |
| 12/13/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver: added the RXCDR_CFG setting for SATA SSC and a note on RXELECIDLEMODE/RXBUF_RESET_ON_EIDLE when not using OOB. |
Design Advisory Alerted on November 13, 2012
| 11/09/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47443) | Updated Table 1 in the Design Advisory for the Virtex-7 GTH Transceiver Power-up/Power-down to include all devices and packages |
Design Advisories Alerted on November 5, 2012
| 10/31/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50617) | Updated Design Advisory for Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA Production GTX Transceivers with references to specific devices; updated the bitstream compatibility section |
| 10/25/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 52193) | Design Advisory for 7 Series BPI Multiboot - When fallback occurs flash access is always in BPI asynchronous Mode |
| 10/25/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues and Work-arounds for General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon; added RXCDR_CFG values for 8B/10B |
Design Advisories Alerted on October 18, 2012
| 10/17/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51625) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues and Work-arounds for General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon |
| 10/17/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51884) | Design Advisory for Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Production Silicon CDR Attribute Updates |
| 10/17/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues, and Work-arounds for Initial Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon; added the ACJTAG use mode |
Design Advisory Alerted on September 10, 2012
| 09/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51580) | Design Advisory for 14.1/14.2 Timing Analysis 7 Series FPGA - Clock Arrival Times are Incorrect for Block Ram (BRAM) or FIFO Components for PERIOD constraint analysis |
Answer Records Upgraded to Design Advisory
| 09/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45781) | Design Advisory for 7 Series XADC - Using the XADCEnhancedLinearity BitGen option |
Design Advisories Alerted on August 20, 2012
| 08/20/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 51296) | Design Advisory - 7 Series Package Flight Time Changes in ISE 14.2 and Vivado 2012.2 Design Suite releases |
| 08/17/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50906) | Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T, and Virtex-7 485XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices |
| 08/17/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47443) | Updated Design Advisory for the Virtex-7 GTH Transceiver Power-up/Power-down with updated VMGTAVTT additional current draw value |
Design Advisory Alerted on August 13, 2012
| 08/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 GTH Initial ES Transceiver with example GTHE2_COMMON instantiations on the GTHE2_COMMON/BIAS_CFG section and added some references to ISE 14.2/Vivado 2012.2 in general. |
Design Advisory Alerted on July 30, 2012
| 07/27/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 GTH Initial ES Transceiver that there is no issue with GTH Resistor Calibration and no work-around is required. |
Design Advisories Alerted on July 25, 2012
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47443) | Updated Design Advisory for the Virtex-7 GTH Transceiver Power-up/Power-down with information about duration of current draw, simultaneous power-up and more FAQs. |
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47817) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7/Virtex-7 GTX Transceiver Power-up/Power-down with additional current draw when following the recommended sequence, information about duration of current draw, simultaneous power-up and more FAQs. |
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Updated Design Advisory for the Kintex-7and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX General ES Transceiver with RX_DFE_XYD_CFG value. |
| 07/19/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 50617) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA Production GTX Transceivers. |
Design Advisory Alerted on July 16, 2012
| 07/12/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 GTH Initial ES Transceiver with updated QPLL_CFG and QPLL_LOCK_CFG values and GTH Transceiver Link Margin Reduction section. |
Design Advisories Alerted on July 2, 2012
| 06/28/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory for Virtex-7 GTH Initial ES Transceiver to include latest PMA_RSV2, RX_BIAS_CFG, RXDFEXYDEN values in the attributes and ports section. |
| 06/28/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45360) | Design Advisory for the Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA GTX Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues, and Work-arounds for General Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon. |
Design Advisory Alerted on June 11, 2012
Design Advisory Alerted on May 28, 2012
| 05/24/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory to include GTHE2_COMMON and termination use modes, the Initial ES errata items section, and updated the resistor calibration section. |
Design Advisory Alerted on May 15, 2012
| 05/14/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Updated Design Advisory title to "Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver - Attribute Updates, Issues, and Work-arounds for Initial Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon" and included the Resistor Calibration section and updated BIAS_CFG setting |
Design Advisories Alerted on May 8, 2012
| 05/03/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47128) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 FPGA GTH Transceiver - Attribute Updates and Use Modes for Initial Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon |
Design Advisory Alerted on April 30, 2012
| 4/30/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 47342) | Design Advisory for Virtex-7 GTH Serial Transceiver Package Diagram corrections |
Design Advisory Alerted on January 16, 2012
| 01/10/2012 | (Xilinx Answer 45633) | Design Advisory for 7 Series MIG DDR3/DDR2 - Updated pin placement rules for CKE and ODT; existing UCFs must be verified |
Design Advisory Alerted on November 21, 2011
| 11/21/2011 | (Xilinx Answer 44174) | Design Advisory for techniques on properly synchronizing flip-flops and SRLs after startup |
Design Advisory Alerted on July 6, 2011
| 07/06/2011 | (Xilinx Answer 42615) | Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA Transceivers - GTX Port Name Changes in ISE 13.2 Design Suite |
| Answer Number |
Answer Title |
Version Found |
Version Resolved |
| 44174 |
Design Advisory for techniques on properly synchronizing flip-flops and SRLs after startup |
N/A |
N/A |
| 50906 |
Design Advisory for Production Kintex-7 325T, 410T, 420T and Virtex-7 485XT, 690XT, 1140XT - Bitstream compatibility requirements between GES and Production devices |
N/A |
N/A |
| 51296 |
Design Advisory - 7 Series Package Flight Time Changes in ISE 14.2 and Vivado 2012.2 Design Suite Releases |
N/A |
N/A |
| 51580 |
Design Advisory for 14.1/14.2 Timing Analysis 7 Series - Clock Arrival Times are Incorrect for Block RAM (BRAM) or FIFO Components for PERIOD constraint analysis |
N/A |
N/A |
| 45781 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series XADC - Using the XADCEnhancedLinearity BitGen option |
N/A |
N/A |
| 44971 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series XADC - Accuracy of On Chip Reference |
N/A |
N/A |
| 55791 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGAs Transceivers Wizard - Required Updates to Wizard v2.5 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 55366 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH/GTP Transceivers: Transceiver Wizard Sets Suboptimal RX Termination Use Modes |
N/A |
N/A |
| 57193 |
Design Advisory for Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7, Zynq-7000 Packaging - The 7 Series Thermal Resistance Values (Theta-JA, Theta-JB, and Theta-JC) are being updated with more accurate values, many of which are substantially changed |
N/A |
N/A |
| 51554 |
Design Advisory for Aurora 64B66B v8.1 or earlier - Core initialization is inconsistent on consecutive RESET and PMA_INIT inputs |
N/A |
N/A |
| 58244 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX Transceiver - RXDFEXYDEN Port Update in DFE Mode |
N/A |
N/A |
| 59035 |
Design Advisory for 7 Series FPGA GTX/GTH Transceivers - QPLL not supported for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 62631 |
Design Advisory for Vivado 2014.3 - Program eFUSE Registers operation failure for 7 series and UltraScale FPGAs |
N/A |
N/A |
| 66788 |
Design Advisory for MIG 7 Series DDR3 - DQS_BIAS is not properly enabled for HR banks causing potential calibration failures |
N/A |
N/A |