Hybrid Memory Cube Controller IP Core User Guide - Intel Stratix 10 Beta Version

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Date 8/08/2016
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2.5.2. Required External Blocks

The HMC Controller IP core requires that you define and instantiate the following additional modules:

  • External PLL IP core to configure transceiver TX PLL for all of the HMC lanes. Although the hardware these IP cores configure might physically be part of the device transceiver, you must instantiate them in software separately from the HMC Controller IP core. This requirement supports the configuration of multiple Intel FPGA IP cores using the same transceiver block in the device.
  • An external I2C master module in your design. Your design must include this module to initialize the HMC device to which your IP core connects.
Figure 8. Required External BlocksThe required external blocks appear darker than the other blocks in the figure. The external TX PLL IP core configures an ATX PLL in the device transceiver or an fPLL in Transceiver mode.