PCS Description
Standard PCS • Operates at a data rate up to 12 Gbps
• Supports protocols such as PCI-Express, CPRI 4.2+, GigE, IEEE 1588 in Hard PCS
• Implements other protocols using Basic/Custom (Standard PCS) transceiver
configuration rules.
Enhanced PCS • Performs functions common to most serial data industry standards, such as word
alignment, encoding/decoding, and framing, before data is sent or received off-chip
through the PMA
• Handles data transfer to and from the FPGA fabric
• Handles data transfer internally to and from the PMA
• Provides frequency compensation
• Performs channel bonding for multi-channel low skew applications
PCIe Gen3 PCS • Supports the seamless switching of Data and Clock between the Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3
data rates
• Provides support for PIPE 3.0 features
• Supports the PIPE interface with the Hard IP enabled, as well as with the Hard IP
bypassed
Related Information
• PCIe Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3 Hard IP on page 26
• Interlaken Support on page 26
• 10 Gbps Ethernet Support on page 26
PCS Protocol Support
This table lists some of the protocols supported by the Intel Arria 10 transceiver PCS.
For more information about the blocks in the transmitter and receiver data paths,
refer to the related information.
Protocol
Data Rate
(Gbps)
Transceiver IP PCS Support
PCIe Gen3 x1, x2, x4, x8 8.0 Native PHY (PIPE) Standard PCS and PCIe
Gen3 PCS
PCIe Gen2 x1, x2, x4, x8 5.0 Native PHY (PIPE) Standard PCS
PCIe Gen1 x1, x2, x4, x8 2.5 Native PHY (PIPE) Standard PCS
1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet 1.25 Native PHY Standard PCS
1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet with
IEEE 1588v2
1.25 Native PHY Standard PCS
10GBASE-R 10.3125 Native PHY Enhanced PCS
10GBASE-R with IEEE 1588v2 10.3125 Native PHY Enhanced PCS
10GBASE-R with KR FEC 10.3125 Native PHY Enhanced PCS
10GBASE-KR and 1000BASE-X 10.3125 1G/10GbE and 10GBASE-KR PHY Standard PCS and
Enhanced PCS
Interlaken (CEI-6G/11G) 3.125 to 17.4 Native PHY Enhanced PCS
SFI-S/SFI-5.2 11.2 Native PHY Enhanced PCS
10G SDI 10.692 Native PHY Enhanced PCS
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