Altera IP Compiler for PCI Express User Manual
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Chapter 1: Datasheet
1–7
General Description
August 2014
Altera Corporation
The IP Compiler for PCI Express supports ×1, ×2, ×4, and ×8 variations (
) that are suitable for either root port or endpoint applications. You can use
the parameter editor to customize the IP core. The Qsys design flows do not support
root port variations.
shows a relatively simple application that includes
two IP Compilers for PCI Express, one configured as a root port and the other as an
endpoint.
Arria II GZ
16 KBytes
16 KBytes
2 KBytes
Cyclone IV GX
4 KBytes
2 KBytes
256 Bytes
Stratix IV GX
16 KBytes
16 KBytes
2 KBytes
Table 1–6. IP Compiler for PCI Express Buffer and Payload Information (Part 2 of 2)
Devices Family
Total RX Buffer Space
Retry Buffer
Max Payload Size
Figure 1–2. PCI Express Application with a Single Root Port and Endpoint
Altera FPGA with Embedded
PCIe Hard IP Block
User Application
Logic
PCIe
Hard IP
Block
PCIe
Hard IP
Block
RP
EP
User Application
Logic
PCI Express Link
Altera FPGA with Embedded
PCIe Hard IP Block