Arria V Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual

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Date 12/02/2022
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2.2.4. System Interconnect

The system interconnect consists of the main L3 interconnect and level 4 (L4) buses. The L3 interconnect is an Arm* NIC-301 module composed of the following switches:

  • L3 main switch
    • Connects the master, slaves, and other subswitches
    • Provides 64-bit switching capabilities
  • L3 master peripheral switch
    • Connects master ports of peripherals with integrated DMA controllers to the L3 main switch
  • L3 slave peripheral switch
    • Connects slave ports of peripherals to the L3 main switch