Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Overview

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1. Overview of the Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 2. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Family Plan 3. Second Generation Hyperflex® Core Architecture 4. Adaptive Logic Module in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 5. Internal Embedded Memory in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 6. Variable-Precision DSP in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 7. Core Clock Network in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 8. General Purpose I/Os in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 9. I/O PLLs in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 10. External Memory Interface in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 11. Hard Processor System in Agilex™ 7 SoCs 12. Heterogeneous 3D SiP Transceivers in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 13. Heterogeneous 3D Stacked HBM2E DRAM Memory in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs M-Series 14. High-Performance Crypto Blocks in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs F-Series and I-Series 15. Configuration via Protocol Using PCIe* for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 16. Device Configuration and the SDM in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 17. Partial and Dynamic Configuration of Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 18. Device Security for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 19. SEU Error Detection and Correction in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 20. Power Management for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 21. Software and Tools for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 22. Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Overview
1. Overview of the Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs x
1.1. Key Features and Innovations in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs 1.2. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Block Diagram 1.3. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Summary of Features 1.4. Additional Features for Agilex™ 7 SoCs
2. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Family Plan x
2.1. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs F-Series 2.2. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs I-Series 2.3. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs M-Series 2.4. Part Number Decoder
10. External Memory Interface in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs x
10.1. External Memory Interface Performance 10.2. Features of the Hard Memory Controller
12. Heterogeneous 3D SiP Transceivers in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs x
12.1. E-Tile Transceivers 12.2. P-Tile Transceivers 12.3. F-Tile Transceivers 12.4. R-Tile Transceivers
12.1. E-Tile Transceivers x
12.1.1. PMA Features in E-Tile Transceivers 12.1.2. PCS Features in E-Tile Transceivers
1. Overview of the Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
2. Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Family Plan
3. Second Generation Hyperflex® Core Architecture
4. Adaptive Logic Module in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
5. Internal Embedded Memory in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
6. Variable-Precision DSP in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
7. Core Clock Network in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
8. General Purpose I/Os in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
9. I/O PLLs in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
10. External Memory Interface in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
11. Hard Processor System in Agilex™ 7 SoCs
12. Heterogeneous 3D SiP Transceivers in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
13. Heterogeneous 3D Stacked HBM2E DRAM Memory in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs M-Series
14. High-Performance Crypto Blocks in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs F-Series and I-Series
15. Configuration via Protocol Using PCIe* for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
16. Device Configuration and the SDM in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
17. Partial and Dynamic Configuration of Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
18. Device Security for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
19. SEU Error Detection and Correction in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
20. Power Management for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
21. Software and Tools for Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs
22. Revision History for the Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Overview

1.9. External Memory and General Purpose I/O

Intel® Agilex™ devices offer substantial external memory bandwidth. This bandwidth is provided along with the ease of design, lower power, and resource efficiencies of hardened high-performance memory controllers. The external memory interfaces can be configured up to a maximum width of 72 bits when using either hard or soft memory controllers.

Figure 7. Hard Memory Controller

Each I/O bank contains 96 general purpose I/Os and two high-efficiency hard memory controllers capable of supporting many different memory types, each with different performance capabilities. The hard memory controller is also capable of being bypassed and replaced by a soft controller implemented in the user logic. The I/Os each have a hardened double data rate (DDR) read/write path (PHY) capable of performing key memory interface functionality such as:

  • Read/Write leveling
  • FIFO buffering to lower latency and improve margin
  • Timing calibration
  • On-chip termination

The timing calibration is aided by the inclusion of hard microcontrollers based on Nios® II technology, specifically tailored to control the calibration of multiple memory interfaces. This calibration allows the Intel® Agilex™ device to compensate for any changes in process, voltage, or temperature either within the Intel® Agilex™ device itself or within the external memory device. The advanced calibration algorithms ensure maximum bandwidth and robust timing margin across all operating conditions.

Table 20.  External Memory Interface Performance— Intel® Agilex™ F-Series and I-Series FPGAs
External Memory Interface Memory Controller Type Performance
DDR4 Hard 3,200 Mbps
QDRIV Soft 2,133 Mbps
Table 21.  External Memory Interface Performance— Intel® Agilex™ M-Series FPGAs
External Memory Interface Memory Controller Type Performance
DDR4 Hard 3,200 Mbps
DDR5 Hard 5,600 Mbps
QDRIV Soft 2,133 Mbps
LPDDR5 Hard 5,500 Mbps

Intel® Agilex™ devices also feature general purpose I/Os capable of supporting a wide range of single-ended and differential I/O interfaces, including 1.5 V true differential signaling compatible with LVDS/ RSDS/ Mini-LVDS/ LVPECL. The LVDS compatible solution rates up to 1.6 Gbps are supported.

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