F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP User Guide

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Date 8/13/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About the F-Tile 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP User Guide 2. About this IP 3. Getting Started 4. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Parameters 5. Functional Description 6. Reset 7. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 8. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions 9. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP User Guide Archive 10. Document Revision History for the F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP User Guide
2. About this IP x
2.1. Release Information 2.2. Features 2.3. Device Family Support 2.4. Performance and Resource Utilization
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Installing and Licensing IP Cores 3.2. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 3.3. Simulating the IP Core 3.4. Generated File Structure 3.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 3.6. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
3.1. Installing and Licensing IP Cores x
3.1.1. Altera FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
3.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
3.5.1. Pin Assignments 3.5.2. Adding the F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks IP 3.5.3. Placement Settings for the F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Core
4. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Parameters x
4.1. Main Tab Options 4.2. Analog Parameter Tab Options
4.2. Analog Parameter Tab Options x
4.2.1. Analog Parameter Settings
5. Functional Description x
5.1. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Core Functional Description 5.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission
5.1. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Core Functional Description x
5.1.1. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP TX MAC Datapath 5.1.2. 25 GbE TX PCS 5.1.3. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Core RX MAC Datapath 5.1.4. Link Fault Signaling Interface 5.1.5. 25 GbE RX PCS 5.1.6. Flow Control
5.1.1. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP TX MAC Datapath x
5.1.1.1. Frame Padding 5.1.1.2. Preamble Insertion 5.1.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 5.1.1.4. Frame Check Sequence (CRC32) Insertion
5.1.3. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Core RX MAC Datapath x
5.1.3.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 5.1.3.2. IP Core Malformed Packet Handling 5.1.3.3. Length/Type Field Processing
5.1.3.3. Length/Type Field Processing x
5.1.3.3.1. Length Checking 5.1.3.3.2. RX CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding
5.1.6. Flow Control x
5.1.6.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Frame Transmission Request 5.1.6.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames 5.1.6.3. Dynamic Reconfiguration QSF Settings
5.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
5.2.1. Order of Transmission 5.2.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
7. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
7.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 7.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 7.3. Transceivers 7.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 7.5. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 7.6. Dynamic Reconfiguration Interface Signals 7.7. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 7.8. Clock Signals 7.9. Reset Signals
8. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions x
8.1. TX MAC Registers 8.2. RX MAC Registers 8.3. Pause/PFC Flow Control Registers 8.4. Statistics Registers 8.5. Hard IP Registers
8.4. Statistics Registers x
8.4.1. TX Statistics Registers 8.4.2. RX Statistics Registers
1. About the F-Tile 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP User Guide
2. About this IP
3. Getting Started
4. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP Parameters
5. Functional Description
6. Reset
7. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
8. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions
9. F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP User Guide Archive
10. Document Revision History for the F-Tile 25G Ethernet IP User Guide

7.3. Transceivers

The transceiver provides physical lane with the line rate of 25.78125 Gbps.
Table 15.  Transceiver Signals

Signal

Direction

Description
tx_serial Output TX transceiver signal. Each tx_serial bit becomes two physical pins that form a differential pair.
rx_serial Input RX transceiver signals. Each rx_serial bit becomes two physical pins that form a differential pair.
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