Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual
                    
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                        683567
                    
                
                
                    Date
                    10/31/2025
                
                
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                        1. Agilex™ 7 Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual Revision History
                    
                
                    
                        2. Introduction to the Hard Processor System
                    
                    
                
                    
                        3. Cortex* -A53 MPCore Processor
                    
                    
                
                    
                        4. Cache Coherency Unit
                    
                    
                
                    
                        5. System Memory Management Unit
                    
                    
                
                    
                        6. System Interconnect
                    
                    
                
                    
                        7. Bridges
                    
                    
                
                    
                        8. DMA Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        9. On-Chip RAM
                    
                    
                
                    
                        10. Error Checking and Correction Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        11. Clock Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        12. System Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        13. Reset Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        14. Hard Processor System I/O Pin Multiplexing
                    
                    
                
                    
                        15. NAND Flash Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        16. SD/MMC Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        17. Ethernet Media Access Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        18. USB 2.0 OTG Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        19. SPI Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        20. I2C Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        21. UART Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        22. General-Purpose I/O Interface
                    
                    
                
                    
                        23. Timers
                    
                    
                
                    
                        24. Watchdog Timers
                    
                    
                
                    
                        25. CoreSight Debug and Trace
                    
                    
                
                    
                        A. Booting and Configuration
                    
                    
                
                    
                        B. Accessing the Secure Device Manager Quad SPI Flash Controller through HPS
                    
                    
                
                    
                        C. Operational Status of the HPS to the FPGA Logic
                    
                    
                
            
        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.1. HPS Block Diagram
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.2. Cortex-A53 MPCore Processor
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.3. Cache Coherency Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.4. System Memory Management Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            2.2.5. HPS Interfaces
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            2.2.6. System Interconnect
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.7. On-Chip RAM
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            2.2.8. Flash Memory Controllers
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            2.2.9. System Modules
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            2.2.10. Interface Peripherals
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.11. CoreSight* Debug and Trace
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            2.2.12. Hard Processor System I/O Pin Multiplexing
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.1. Exception Levels
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.2. Virtualization
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.3. Memory Management Unit
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.4. Level 1 Caches
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.5. Level 2 Memory System
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.6. Snoop Control Unit
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.7. Cryptographic Extensions
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.8. NEON Multimedia Processing Engine
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.9. Floating Point Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.10. ACE Bus Interface
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.11. Abort Handling
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.12. Cache Protection
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.13. Generic Interrupt Controller
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.14. Generic Timers
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            3.5.15. Debug Modules
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.16. Cache Coherency Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            3.5.17. Clock Sources
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.1. Translation Stages
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            5.4.2. Exception Levels
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.3. Translation Regimes
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            5.4.4. Translation Buffer Unit
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            5.4.5. Translation Control Unit
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.6. Security State Determination
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.7. Stream ID
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.8. Quality of Service Arbitration
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.9. System Memory Management Unit Interrupts
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.10. System Memory Management Unit Reset
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            5.4.11. System Memory Management Unit Clocks
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                15.1. NAND Flash Controller Features
                            
                        
                            
                                15.2. NAND Flash Controller Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.3. NAND Flash Controller Signal Descriptions
                            
                        
                            
                                15.4. Functional Description of the NAND Flash Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                15.5. NAND Flash Controller Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.6. NAND Flash Controller Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.1. NAND Flash Controller Optimization Sequence
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.2. Device Initialization Sequence
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.3. Device Operation Control
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.4. ECC Enabling
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.5. NAND Flash Controller Performance Registers
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.6. Interrupt and DMA Enabling
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.7. Timing Registers
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        15.5.1.8. Registers to Ignore
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.1. Internal DMA Controller Descriptors
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.2. Internal DMA Controller Descriptor Address
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.3. Internal DMA Controller Descriptor Fields
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.4. Host Bus Burst Access
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.5. Host Data Buffer Alignment
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.6. Buffer Size Calculations
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.7. Internal DMA Controller Interrupts
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.2.5.8. Internal DMA Controller Functional State Machine†
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.1. Load Command Parameters
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.2. Send Command and Receive Response
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.3. Send Response to BIU
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.4. Driving P-bit to the CMD Pin
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.5. Polling the CCS
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.6. CCS Detection and Interrupt to Host Processor
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.7. CCS Timeout
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.8. Send CCSD Command
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    16.4.3.1.9. I/O transmission delay (NACIO Timeout)
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.1. Software and Hardware Restrictions†
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.5.2. Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.5.3. Controller/DMA/FIFO Buffer Reset Usage
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.4. Non-Data Transfer Commands
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.5. Data Transfer Commands
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.6. Transfer Stop and Abort Commands
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.7. Internal DMA Controller Operations
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.8. Commands for SDIO Card Devices
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.9. CE-ATA Data Transfer Commands
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.10. Card Read Threshold
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.5.11. Interrupt and Error Handling
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.5.12. Booting Operation for eMMC and MMC
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        16.5.12.1. Boot Operation by Holding Down the CMD Line
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        16.5.12.2. Boot Operation for eMMC Card Device
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        16.5.12.3. Boot Operation for Removable MMC4.3, MMC4.4 and MMC4.41 Cards
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        16.5.12.4. Alternative Boot Operation
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        16.5.12.5. Alternative Boot Operation for eMMC Card Devices
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        16.5.12.6. Alternative Boot Operation for MMC4.3 Cards
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                        
                        
                        
                            
                                17.1. Features of the Ethernet MAC
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                17.2. EMAC Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                17.3. Distributed Virtual Memory Support
                            
                        
                            
                                17.4. EMAC Controller Signal Description
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                17.5. EMAC Internal Interfaces
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                17.6. Functional Description of the EMAC
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                17.7. Ethernet MAC Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                17.8. Ethernet MAC Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.6.1. Transmit and Receive Data FIFO Buffers
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.2. DMA Controller
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.3. Descriptor Overview
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.4. IEEE 1588-2002 Timestamps
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.5. IEEE 1588-2008 Advanced Timestamps
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.6. IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.6.7. Checksum Offload
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.8. Frame Filtering
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.6.9. Clocks and Resets
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.6.10. Interrupts
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.1. Unicast Destination Address Filter
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.2. Multicast Destination Address Filter
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.3. Hash or Perfect Address Filter
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.4. Broadcast Address Filter
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.5. Unicast Source Address Filter
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.6. Inverse Filtering Operation (Invert the Filter Match Result at Final Output)
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                
                                                                    17.6.8.1.7. Destination and Source Address Filtering Summary
                                                                
                                                                
                                                            
                                                        
                                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.1. System Level EMAC Configuration Registers
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.2. EMAC FPGA Interface Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.3. EMAC HPS Interface Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.4. DMA Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.5. EMAC Initialization and Configuration
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.6. Performing Normal Receive and Transmit Operation
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            17.7.7. Stopping and Starting Transmission
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.7.8. Programming Guidelines for Energy Efficient Ethernet
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            17.7.9. Programming Guidelines for Flexible Pulse-Per-Second (PPS) Output
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                                18.1. Features of the USB OTG Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                18.2. Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                18.3. Distributed Virtual Memory Support
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                18.4. USB 2.0 ULPI PHY Signal Description
                            
                        
                            
                                18.5. Functional Description of the USB OTG Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                18.6. USB OTG Controller Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                18.7. USB 2.0 OTG Controller Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.1. Setting the Timeout Period Values
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.2. Selecting the Output Response Mode
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.3. Enabling and Initially Starting a Watchdog Timers
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.4. Reloading a Watchdog Counter
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.5. Pausing a Watchdog Timers
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.6. Disabling and Stopping a Watchdog Timers
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            24.4.7. Watchdog Timers State Machine
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                25.1. Features of CoreSight Debug and Trace
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                25.2. Arm* CoreSight Documentation
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                25.3. CoreSight Debug and Trace Block Diagram
                            
                        
                            
                                25.4. Functional Description of CoreSight Debug and Trace
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                25.5. CoreSight Debug and Trace Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                25.6. CoreSight Debug and Trace Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            25.4.1. Debug Access Port
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.2. CoreSight SoC-400 Timestamp Generator
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.3. System Trace Macrocell
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.4. Trace Funnel
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            25.4.5. CoreSight Trace Memory Controller
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.6. AMBA Trace Bus Replicator
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.7. Trace Port Interface Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.8. NoC Trace Ports
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            25.4.9. Embedded Cross Trigger System
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.10. Embedded Trace Macrocell
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.11. HPS Debug APB Interface
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            25.4.12. FPGA Interface
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.13. Debug Clocks
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            25.4.14. Debug Resets
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                B.1. Features of the Quad SPI Flash Controller
                            
                        
                            
                                B.2. Taking Ownership of Quad SPI Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                B.3. Quad SPI Flash Controller Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                B.4. Quad SPI Flash Controller Signal Description
                            
                        
                            
                                B.5. Functional Description of the Quad SPI Flash Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                B.6. Quad SPI Flash Controller Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                B.7. Accessing the SDM Quad SPI Flash Controller Through HPS Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.1. Overview
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            B.5.2. Data Slave Interface
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.3. SPI Legacy Mode
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            B.5.4. Register Slave Interface
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.5. Local Memory Buffer
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.6. Arbitration between Direct/Indirect Access Controller and STIG
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.7. Configuring the Flash Device
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.8. XIP Mode
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.9. Write Protection
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.10. Data Slave Sequential Access Detection
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.11. Clocks
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.12. Resets
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            B.5.13. Interrupts
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            13. Reset Manager
The reset manager generates module reset signals based on reset requests from the various sources in the HPS, and software writing to the module-reset control registers.
   The HPS contains multiple reset domains. Each reset domain can be reset independently. A reset may be initiated externally, internally or through software. 
   
    
     
   
   
 | Reset Domain | Reset Source | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| POR (Power-on Reset) | Secure Device Manager (SDM) | SDM requests reset manager to assert POR reset. During a voltage tampering or out-of-range event, the SDM asserts POR. When voltage returns to operating range, the POR is de-asserted. During POR, the entire HPS and FPGA is reset. When the device is released from POR, SDM begins initialization. | 
| System Cold Reset19 | 
 | SDM requests reset manager to assert or de-assert cold reset. | 
| System Warm Reset | 
 | Reset manager asserts warm reset provided that the Cortex-A53 MPCore is idle. During warm reset, the CoreSight logic is not in reset, therefore the debug/trace can continue immediately after reset manager de-asserts warm reset. 
         Note: An L2 reset must be performed before requesting a warm reset. Before you request L2 reset via software, you must flush L2 using the l2flushen bit of the hdsken register.
         | 
| Watchdog Reset | Watchdog Timeout Event | Reset manager asserts watchdog reset based on the watchdog timer register. As the CoreSight logic is not reset, the debug/trace can continue immediately after reset manager de-asserts watchdog reset. | 
| MPU Cold Reset | Software requests a cold reset through the COLDMODRST register | Reset manager asserts cold reset to the MPU provided that all four cores are idle. 
         Note: Before you request MPU cold reset via software, you must idle all four cores using a WFI instruction and flush L2 using the l2flushen bit of the hdsken register.
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| CPU Cold Reset | Reset manager asserts cold reset to the requested core provided that that the core and L2 is idle (execute a WFI instruction). | |
| CPU Warm Reset | Software requests a warm reset through the MPUMODRST register | Reset manager asserts warm reset to the requested core provided that that core is idle (execute a WFI instruction). | 
| Debug Reset | Software requests a debug reset through the DBGMODRST register | The DBGMODRST register has two dedicated bits, one each for DAP and debug logic. Reset manager asserts reset for both DAP and debug logic. Software must clear debug reset bit to resume debugging. | 
    Note: While the HPS Power-on Reset and System Cold Reset are managed by the SDM, in all cases, the FPGA configuration is not affected by any HPS reset.
   
  Section Content
Functional Description
Modules Under Reset
Reset Handshaking
Reset Sequencing
Preserving SDRAM Contents
Reset Signals and Registers
Reset Manager Address Map and Register Definitions
   Related Information
   
  
 
  19 You may ignore the HPS_COLD_nRESET signal and HPS mailbox reset command when the HPS is not running or the device is being configured.
 
 
  20 You can assign HPS_COLD_nRESET to an available SDM I/O pin. This pin serves both as an input to reset the HPS and as an output to the external system to indicate that the HPS is in reset. Do not connect HPS_COLD_nRESET to the external flash. The SDM controls the reset of the external flash separately. You can configure this pin using the  Quartus® Prime Pro Edition, under Device and Pin options > Configuration > Configuration pin option.