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Home > Technology Center > High-Speed Serial I/O > PCI Express Print This Page Subscribe to Email PCI Express, PCI, PCIe, PCI-XP, PCI-SIG Altera® PCI Express IP Core PLDA PCI Express IP Core PCI Express Development Boards Stratix® II GX FPGAs Arria™ GX FPGAs Altera provides a range of complete, PCI-SIG-compliant FPGA solutions for a variety of x1, x4, and x8 PCI Express applications. The solutions include configurable PCI Express intellectual property (IP) cores and development boards for endpoint, bridge, switch, and root complex functionality. The solutions enable simple and fast protocol implementation, thereby reducing design risk, shortening development times, and allowing you to concentrate on the core functions of the system design. Integrated PCI Express Solutions Utilizing built-in transceivers to implement the protocol in a single device, Stratix II GX and Arria GX FPGAs provide a fully integrated PCI Express-compliant solution for multi-lane (x1, x4, and x8), high-performance applications. Table 1 provides an overview of the complete PCI Express solution for Stratix II GX and Arria GX FPGAs. Table 1. PCI Express Complete Solution Solution Description Device Stratix II GX FPGA or Arria GX FPGAs (x1 and x4 only) Transceiver Integrated PCI Express PIPE-compliant PHY Altera PCI Express IP MegaCore® Functions PCI Express Compiler—x1, x4, and x8 MegaCore functions Partner PCI Express IP Core PLD Application PCI Express x1, x4, and x8 IP core Development Boards PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Arria GX FPGA Development Kit PCI-SIG Compliance Testing Passed PCI Express Characterization Report Available. Contact your local Altera sales representative. Reference Designs PCI Express to DDR2 SDRAM Reference Design PCI Express High-Performance Reference Design Training Implementing PCI Express Solutions in Transceiver-Based FPGAs External Transceiver PCI Express Solutions For low-cost applications, you can use Cyclone® III and Cyclone II devices with an external transceiver (or PHY device), and use high-density Stratix III and Stratix II FPGAs or HardCopy® II structured ASICs in applications requiring the highest density and performance. Table 2 shows the Altera FPGA with external PHY solutions for PCI Express. Table 2. External PHY Solutions for PCI Express Solution Description Devices Stratix III FPGAs, Stratix II FPGAs, HardCopy II Structured ASICs, Cyclone III FPGAs, Cyclone II FPGAs Transceiver (x1) implementation Texas Instruments XIO1100 (x1) implementation NXP PX1011A Altera PCI Express IP MegaCore Functions PCI Express Compiler—x1, x4, and x8 MegaCore functions Partner PCI Express IP Core PLD Application PCI Express x1, x4, and x8 IP core Development Boards Cyclone II EP2C35 PCI Express Development Board from Knott Systems featuring a TI XIO1100 transceiver PCI-SIG Compliance Testing Passed PCI Express Hardware Testing To ensure the highest reliability, Altera’s PCI Express solutions are fully tested in hardware at PCI-SIG-sponsored PCI Express compliance workshops. Tested hardware includes the following: Stratix II GX and Arria GX FPGAs using the x1, x4, and x8 PCI Express MegaCore function PCI Express Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition PCI Express Development Kit, Arria GX Edition Cyclone II FPGA and Texas Instruments XIO1100 x1 PCI Express transceiver Stratix GX FPGA using the x1, x4, and x8 PCI Express MegaCore function PCI Express Related Links Devices Stratix II GX FPGAs Stratix III FPGAs Stratix II FPGAs Arria GX FPGAs Cyclone III FPGAs Cyclone II FPGAs HardCopy II Structured ASICs PCI Express Protocol Standards PCI-SIG PCI Express Technical Library (Note: Membership required to access most documents) PCI-SIG PCI Express Integrators List Rate This Page

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