Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 10/24/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About the Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP 2. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Parameters 3. Getting Started 4. Functional Description 5. Clocking and Reset Requirements 6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions 8. Comparison Between Various Low Latency 40G Ethernet IPs 9. Document Revision History for the Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
1. About the Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP x
1.1. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Supported Features 1.2. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Device Family and Speed Grade Support 1.3. Resource Utilization 1.4. Release Information
1.2. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
1.2.1. Low Latency 40G Ethernet Device Family Support 1.2.2. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Device Speed Grade Support
3. Getting Started x
3.1. Introduction to Altera IP 3.2. Installing and Licensing IPs 3.3. Specifying the IP Parameters and Options 3.4. Simulating the IP 3.5. Generated File Structure 3.6. Integrating Your IP in Your Design 3.7. Testbench 3.8. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
3.6. Integrating Your IP in Your Design x
3.6.1. Pin Assignments 3.6.2. Placement Settings
3.7. Testbench x
3.7.1. Understanding the Testbench Behavior
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Functional Description 4.2. GTS Transceiver Configuration 4.3. Transmitter Datapath 4.4. Receiver Datapath 4.5. Flow Control 4.6. Link Fault Signaling Interface
4.3. Transmitter Datapath x
4.3.1. Transmitter MAC 4.3.2. Transmitter PCS 4.3.3. PMA
4.3.1. Transmitter MAC x
4.3.1.1. Preamble Insertion 4.3.1.2. Frame Padding 4.3.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 4.3.1.4. Frame Check Sequence (CRC-32) Insertion 4.3.1.5. Transmitter Avalon® Streaming Filter
4.4. Receiver Datapath x
4.4.1. Receiver MAC 4.4.2. Receiver PCS
4.4.1. Receiver MAC x
4.4.1.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 4.4.1.2. IP Core CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding 4.4.1.3. IP Core Strict SFD Checking 4.4.1.4. Length/Type Field Processing
4.4.1.4. Length/Type Field Processing x
4.4.1.4.1. Frame Type Checking 4.4.1.4.2. Length Checking
4.5. Flow Control x
4.5.1. Transmitter Pause/PFC Flow Control Transmission 4.5.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
5. Clocking and Reset Requirements x
5.1. Clocks 5.2. Reset Requirements
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
6.1. Transmitter MAC Interface to User Logic 6.2. Receiver MAC Interface to User Logic 6.3. Transmitter PCS Interface to User Logic 6.4. Receiver PCS Interface to User Logic 6.5. GTS Transceivers Signals 6.6. GTS Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 6.7. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 6.8. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 6.9. Reset Signals 6.10. Clocks 6.11. Flow Control Interface 6.12. GTS Reset Sequencer IP
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions x
7.1. PHY Registers 7.2. Transmitter MAC Registers 7.3. Receiver MAC Registers 7.4. Pause/PFC Flow Control 7.5. Statistics Counters 7.6. Shadow Register
1. About the Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP
2. Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP Parameters
3. Getting Started
4. Functional Description
5. Clocking and Reset Requirements
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions
8. Comparison Between Various Low Latency 40G Ethernet IPs
9. Document Revision History for the Low Latency 40G Ethernet IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

4.4. Receiver Datapath

This section describes the receiver MAC and PCS functions.


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Receiver MAC
Receiver PCS

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