Arria® 10 Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual
                    
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                        683711
                    
                
                
                    Date
                    5/09/2025
                
                
                    Public
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        1. Arria® 10 Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual Revision History
                    
                
                    
                        2. Introduction to the Hard Processor System
                    
                    
                
                    
                        3. Clock Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        4. Reset Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        5. FPGA Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        6. System Manager
                    
                    
                
                    
                        7. SoC Security
                    
                    
                
                    
                        8. System Interconnect
                    
                    
                
                    
                        9. HPS-FPGA Bridges
                    
                    
                
                    
                        10. Cortex*-A9 Microprocessor Unit Subsystem
                    
                    
                
                    
                        11. CoreSight* Debug and Trace
                    
                    
                
                    
                        12. Error Checking and Correction Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        13. On-Chip Memory
                    
                    
                
                    
                        14. NAND Flash Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        15. SD/MMC Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        16. Quad SPI Flash Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        17. DMA Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        18. Ethernet Media Access Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        19. USB 2.0 OTG Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        20. SPI Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        21. I2C Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        22. UART Controller
                    
                    
                
                    
                        23. General-Purpose I/O Interface
                    
                    
                
                    
                        24. Timer
                    
                    
                
                    
                        25. Watchdog Timer
                    
                    
                
                    
                        26. Hard Processor System I/O Pin Multiplexing
                    
                    
                
                    
                        27. Introduction to the HPS Component
                    
                    
                
                    
                        28. Instantiating the HPS Component
                    
                    
                
                    
                        29. HPS Component Interfaces
                    
                    
                
                    
                        30. Simulating the HPS Component
                    
                    
                
                    
                        A. Booting and Configuration
                    
                    
                
            
        
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.1.1. Features of the System Interconnect
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.1.2. System Interconnect Block Diagram and System Integration
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.1.3. Arria 10 HPS Secure Firewalls
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.1.4. About the Rate Adapters
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.1.5. About the SDRAM L3 Interconnect
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.1.6. About Arbitration and Quality of Service
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.1.7. About the Service Network
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.1.8. About the Observation Network
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.1. System Interconnect Address Spaces
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.2.2. Secure Transaction Protection
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.3. System Interconnect Master Properties
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.2.4. System Interconnect Slave Properties
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.5. System Interconnect Clocks
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.2.6. System Interconnect Resets
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.2.7. Functional Description of the Rate Adapters
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.8. Functional Description of the Firewalls
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.9. Functional Description of the SDRAM L3 Interconnect
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            8.2.10. Functional Description of the Arbitration Logic
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.11. Functional Description of the QoS Generators
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            8.2.12. Functional Description of the Observation Network
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            10.3.1. Functional Description
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            10.3.2. Implementation Details
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.3. Cortex*-A9 Processor
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            10.3.4. Interactive Debugging Features
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.5. L1 Caches
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            10.3.6. Preload Engine
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            10.3.7. Floating Point Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.8. NEON* Multimedia Processing Engine
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.9. Memory Management Unit
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            10.3.10. Performance Monitoring Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.11. Arm* Cortex* -A9 MPCore Timers
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.12. Generic Interrupt Controller
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.13. Global Timer
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.14. Snoop Control Unit
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            10.3.15. Accelerator Coherency Port
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                11.1. Features of CoreSight* Debug and Trace
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                11.2. Arm* CoreSight* Documentation
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                11.3. CoreSight Debug and Trace Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                                11.4. Functional Description of CoreSight Debug and Trace
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                11.5. CoreSight* Debug and Trace Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                11.6. CoreSight Debug and Trace Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                            
                        
                    
                
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            11.4.1. Debug Access Port
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.2. System Trace Macrocell
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.3. Trace Funnel
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            11.4.4. CoreSight Trace Memory Controller
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.5. AMBA* Trace Bus Replicator
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.6. Trace Port Interface Unit
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            11.4.7. Embedded Cross Trigger System
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.8. Program Trace Macrocell
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.9. HPS Debug APB* Interface
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            11.4.10. FPGA Interface
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.11. Debug Clocks
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            11.4.12. Debug Resets
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                14.1. NAND Flash Controller Features
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                14.2. NAND Flash Controller Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                14.3. NAND Flash Controller Signal Descriptions
                            
                        
                            
                                14.4. Functional Description of the NAND Flash Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                14.5. NAND Flash Controller Programming Model
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                14.6. NAND Flash Controller Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                        
                        
                            
                                15.1. Features of the SD/MMC Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.2. SD/MMC Controller Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.3. SD/MMC Controller Signal Description
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.4. Functional Description of the SD/MMC Controller
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.5. SD/MMC Controller Programming Model
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                15.6. SD/MMC Controller Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                16.1. Features of the Quad SPI Flash Controller
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                16.2. Quad SPI Flash Controller Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                16.3. Quad SPI Flash Controller Signal Description
                            
                        
                            
                                16.4. Functional Description of the Quad SPI Flash Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                16.5. Quad SPI Flash Controller Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                16.6. Quad SPI Flash Controller Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.1. Overview
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.4.2. Data Slave Interface
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.3. SPI Legacy Mode
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.4.4. Register Slave Interface
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.5. Local Memory Buffer
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.6. DMA Peripheral Request Controller
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.7. Arbitration between Direct/Indirect Access Controller and STIG
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.4.8. Configuring the Flash Device
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.9. XIP Mode
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.10. Write Protection
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.11. Data Slave Sequential Access Detection
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.4.12. Clocks
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            16.4.13. Resets
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            16.4.14. Interrupts
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.1. System Level EMAC Configuration Registers
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.2. EMAC FPGA Interface Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.3. EMAC HPS Interface Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.4. DMA Initialization
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.5. EMAC Initialization and Configuration
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.6. Performing Normal Receive and Transmit Operation
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            18.6.7. Stopping and Starting Transmission
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            18.6.8. Programming Guidelines for Energy Efficient Ethernet
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            18.6.9. Programming Guidelines for Flexible Pulse-Per-Second (PPS) Output
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                            
                                19.1. Features of the USB OTG Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                19.2. USB OTG Controller Block Diagram and System Integration
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                19.3. USB 2.0 ULPI PHY Signal Description
                            
                        
                            
                                19.4. Functional Description of the USB OTG Controller
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                19.5. USB OTG Controller Programming Model
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                19.6. USB 2.0 OTG Controller Address Map and Register Definitions
                            
                        
                    
                
                                                
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.1. NAND Flash Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.2. SD/MMC Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.3. Quad SPI Flash Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.4. Ethernet Media Access Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.5. USB 2.0 OTG Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.6. SPI Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.7. I2C Controller Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        29.5.1.8. UART Interface
                                                    
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                        
                        
                        
                            
                                30.1. Simulation Flows
                            
                            
                        
                            
                                30.2. Clock and Reset Interfaces
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.3. FPGA-to-HPS AXI Slave Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.4. HPS-to-FPGA AXI Master Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.5. Lightweight HPS-to-FPGA AXI Master Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.6. HPS-to-FPGA MPU Event Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.7. Interrupts Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.8. HPS-to-FPGA Debug APB* Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.9. FPGA-to-HPS System Trace Macrocell Hardware Event Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.10. HPS-to-FPGA Cross-Trigger Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.11. FPGA-to-HPS DMA Handshake Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.12. Boot from FPGA Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.13. Security Manager Anti-Tamper Signals Interface
                            
                        
                            
                            
                                30.14. EMIF Conduit
                            
                        
                            
                                30.15. Pin MUX and Peripherals
                            
                            
                        
                    
                18.1.1. MAC
- IEEE 802.3‑2008 compliant
- Data rates of 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Full duplex and half duplex modes 
     - IEEE 802.3x flow control automatic transmission of zero-quanta pause frame on flow control input deassertion
- Optional forwarding of received pause control frames to the user
- Packet bursting and frame extension in 1000 Mbps half-duplex
- IEEE 802.3x flow control in full-duplex
- Back-pressure support for half-duplex
 
- 4 KB TX FIFO RAM and 16 KB RX FIFO RAM with ECC support
- IEEE 1588‑2002 and IEEE 1588‑2008 precision networked clock synchronization
- IEEE 802.3‑az, version D2.0 for Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag detection for reception frames
- Preamble and start-of-frame data (SFD) insertion in transmit and deletion in receive paths
- Automatic cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and pad generation controllable on a per-frame basis
- Options for automatic pad/CRC stripping on receive frames
- Programmable frame length supporting standard and jumbo Ethernet frames (with sizes up to 3800 bytes)
- Programmable inter-frame gap (IFG), from 40- to 96-bit times in steps of eight bits
- Preamble lengths of one, three, five and seven bytes supported
- Supports internal loopback asynchronous FIFO on the GMII/MII for debugging
- Supports a variety of flexible address filtering modes 
     - Up to 31 additional 48-bit perfect destination address (DA) filters with masks for each byte
- Up to 31 48-bit source address (SA) comparison check with masks for each byte
- 256-bit hash filter (optional) for multicast and unicast DAs
- Option to pass all multicast addressed frames
- Promiscuous mode support to pass all frames without any filtering for network monitoring
- Passes all incoming packets (as per filter) with a status report