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Transceiver Protocols

Altera® FPGAs and HardCopy® ASICs with integrated transceivers offer a range of data rates to suit all applications from 600 Mbps to 28.05 Gbps.

To learn more about Altera's transceiver portfolio and architecture, visit the Transceiver Portfolio page.

6G and Faster Protocols Stratix® Series
FPGAs		 HardCopy
ASICS		 Arria® Series
FPGAs
V GX/GS V GT IV GT V GX V GT/ST
10G-SDI Check Check Check Check -
CEI-11G/SR/LR Check Check Check Check -
CPRI Check Check Check Check Check
DisplayPort - - - - Check
Fibre Channel Check Check Check Check Check
HiGig2 Check Check Check Check Check
IEEE 802.3ae
10GBASE-R		 Check Check Check Check -
IEEE 802.3ba
10GBASE-KR		 Check Check - Check -
IEEE 802.3ba 40G Check Check Check Check -
IEEE 802.3ba 100G Check Check Check Check -
Interlaken (10G) Check Check Check Check -
PCI Express®
Gen3 		 Check Check - Check -
QDR InfiniBand Check Check - Check -
QPI Check Check - Check -
SFP+ Check Check Check Check -
SFI-5.2 Check Check Check Check -
SONET
OC-192		 Check Check Check Check Check
XFP Check Check Check Check Check

4G to 6G Protocols

 Stratix Series
FPGAs		 HardCopy
ASICS		 Arria Series
FPGAs		 Cyclone® Series
FPGAs
V GX/GS V GT IV GX IV GT V GX IV GX V GT/ST V GX/SX II GX II GZ V GX/SX V GT/ST IV GX
CEI-6G/SR/LR Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
(SR)		 Check
(SR)		 Check - - -
CPRI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
DDR-XAUI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check - - -
DisplayPort - - - - - - Check Check Check - Check Check Check
Fibre Channel Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
HiGig+ Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check Check - - -
HyperTransportTM 3.0  Check Check Check Check Check Check - - - Check - - -
Interlaken Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check - - -
OTU-2 (G.709) Check Check - Check Check - Check Check - - - - -
OTU-3 Check Check - Check Check - Check Check - - - - -
OTU-4 Check Check - Check Check - Check Check - - - - -
PCI Express
Gen2		 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check - Check -
SAS Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
SFI-4.2 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
SFI-5.1 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check - - -
SPI-4.2 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - Check
SPI-5.1 Check Check Check Check Check Check - - - Check - - -
SPAUI Check Check Check Check Check Check - - - - - - -

Slower than 4G Protocols Stratix Series
FPGAs		 HardCopy
ASICS		 Arria Series
FPGAs		 Cyclone Series
FPGAs
V GX/GS V GT IV GX IV GT V GX IV GX V GT/ST V GX/SX II GX II GZ V GX/SX V GT/ST IV GX
3G-SDI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
10-Gbps
Ethernet XAUI		 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
ASI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
Basic Mode Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
CPRI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
DDR-XAUI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check - - -
DisplayPort - - - - - - Check - - - Check Check Check
Fibre Channel Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
GbE Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
GPON Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
JESD204A Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
OBSAI Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
SAS Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
SATA Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
SDI SD/HD Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
SerialLite II Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - Check - - -
Serial RapidIO® Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
SFP+ Check Check - Check Check - Check - - - - - -
SFI-4.2 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - -
SGMII Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
SONET
OC-3/OC-12/OC-48		 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check
SPI-4.2 Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check Check - - Check
SPI-5.1 Check Check Check Check Check Check - - - Check - - -
V-by-One - - - - - - Check Check - - - Check Check

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