P-Tile Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* IP Core Release Notes

ID 683508
Date 4/11/2024
Public

1.6. P-Tile IP for PCI Express IP Cores v9.0.0

IP versions are the same as the Quartus® Prime Design Suite software versions up to v19.1. From Quartus® Prime Design Suite software version 19.2 or later, IPs have a new IP versioning scheme.

The IP version (X.Y.Z) number may change from one Quartus® Prime software version to another. A change in:
  • X indicates a major revision of the IP. If you update your Quartus® Prime software, you must regenerate the IP.
  • Y indicates the IP includes new features. Regenerate your IP to include these new features.
  • Z indicates the IP includes minor changes. Regenerate your IP to include these changes.
Table 16.  v9.0.0 2022.12.19
Quartus® Prime Version Description Impact
22.4 New information for the Eye Margin Mask is available in the P-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express User Guide for Gen3 and Gen4 with BER 1e-9 and BER 1e-12. You must manually compare your Eye Margin values in your Debug Toolkit against the Margin Mask defined in the P-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express User Guide.
Table 17.  P-Tile Avalon Streaming (Avalon-ST) IP for PCIe Support Matrix for Stratix® 10 DX DevicesEP = Endpoint, RP = Root Port, BP = TLP Bypass. Support level keys: S = simulation, C = compilation, T = timing, H = hardware, N/A = configuration not supported
Configuration PCIe IP Support Design Example Support Timing Support
EP RP BP EP RP BP -1 -2 -3
Gen4 x16 512-bit S C T H S C T H S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 400 MHz 400 MHz N/A
Gen4 x8/x8 256-bit S C T H N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 450 MHz 450 MHz 350 MHz
Gen4 x8 256-bit S C T H N/A N/A S C T H N/A N/A 450 MHz 450 MHz 350 MHz
Gen4 x4/x4/x4/x4 128-bit N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A N/A 450 MHz 450 MHz 350 MHz
Gen3 x16 512-bit S C T H S C T H S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Gen3 x8/x8 256-bit S C T H N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Gen3 x8 256-bit S C T H N/A N/A S C T H N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Gen3 x4/x4/x4/x4 128-bit N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Table 18.  P-Tile Avalon Streaming (Avalon-ST) IP for PCIe Support Matrix for Agilex™ 7 DevicesEP = Endpoint, RP = Root Port, BP = TLP Bypass. Support level keys: S = simulation, C = compilation, T = timing, H = hardware, N/A = configuration not supported
Configuration PCIe IP Support Design Example Support Timing Support
EP RP BP EP RP BP -1 -2 -3 -4
Gen4 x16 512-bit S C T H S C T H S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 500 MHz 500 MHz 450 MHz N/A
Gen4 x8/x8 256-bit S C T H N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 500 MHz 500 MHz 450 MHz 350 MHz
Gen4 x8 256-bit S C T H N/A N/A S C T H N/A N/A 500 MHz 500 MHz 450 MHz 350 MHz
Gen4 x4/x4/x4/x4 128-bit N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A N/A 500 MHz 500 MHz 450 MHz 350 MHz
Gen3 x16 512-bit S C T H S C T H S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Gen3 x8/x8 256-bit S C T H N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Gen3 x8 256-bit S C T H N/A N/A S C T H N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz
Gen3 x4/x4/x4/x4 128-bit N/A S C T H S C T H N/A N/A N/A 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz