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Lancero - Scatter-Gather DMA Engine for PCI Express

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Solution Type: Qsys Component

End Market: Computer & Storage, Consumer, Industrial, Medical, Test & Measurement

Evaluation Method: OpenCore Plus

Technology: Interface Protocols: PCI Express

Arria Series: Intel® Arria® 10, Arria® V, Intel® Arria® 10 SoC, Arria® V SoC

Cyclone Series: Cyclone® IV, Cyclone® V, Cyclone® V SoC

Stratix Series: Stratix® IV, Stratix® V

Overview

The Microtronix Lancero Scatter-Gather DMA Engine for PCI Express provides either a Target Bridge or a Descriptor Bridge SGDMA solution for PCI Express endpoints. The IP connects seamlessly to Intel® FPGA PCI Express Hard IP cores, providing a transparent high-speed data path over PCI Express. Driver packages are available for Windows, Linux, QNX and Apple OSX.

Features

Easily connect logic and high-speed I/O peripherals to PCI Express
Scatter-Gather DMA Engine supports Avalon Streaming burst access devices
SGDMA controller transfers data directly to/from Linux/Windows User Applications
Zero host CPU overhead: SGDMA transfers eliminates need for duplicate in-kernel transfers
Supports asynchronous and multi-threaded I/O to completely remove inter-transfer latencies

Device Utilization and Performance

Device utilizations: PCIe Bridge DMA - Cyclone® IV GX (x1/x4 lane) - 1354 LE, Arria® II GX/Stratix® IV GX (x1/x4 lane) - 592 LE, Arria II GX/Stratix IV GX (x8) - 680 LEPCIe SG DMA - Cyclone IV GX (x1/x4 lane) - 5905 LE, Arria II GX/Stratix IV GX (x1/x4 lane) - 2594 LE, Arria II GX/Stratix IV GX (x8) - 2834 LEI/O Performance: Gen1: x1/x8: 200MBps/1650MBps, Gen2: x1/x8 440MBps/3200MBps

Getting Started

Complete Reference Designs are supplied for a wide range of Intel® FPGA Development boards. The Lancero IP package includes complete driver for Linux, QNX and Windows.

IP Quality Metrics

Basic
Year IP was first released	2010
Latest version of Quartus supported	15.1
Altera Customer Use
IP has been successfully implemented in production with at least one customer	Y
Deliverables
Customer deliverables include the following: Design file (encrypted source code or post-synthesis netlist) Simulation model for ModelSim Altera edition Timing and/or layout constraints Testbench or design example Documentation with revision control Readme file	Y
Any additional customer deliverables provided with IP	Complete driver source
Parameterization GUI allowing end user to configure IP	Y
IP core is enabled for OpenCore Plus Support	Y
Source language	Verilog
Testbench language	Verilog
Software drivers provided	Y
Driver OS support	Linux, QNX, Windows
Implementation
User Interface	Avalon-MM
IP-XACT Metadata included	N
Verification
Simulators supported	ModelSim
Hardware validated	Y. Altera Board Name Cyclone V SoC, Arria II GX, Arria V and Stratix IV GX (Terasic) DE4 Dev Kit
Industry standard compliance testing performed	N
If No, is it planned?	N
Interoperability
IP has undergone interoperability testing	Y
Interoperability reports available	N

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