Characterization Summary; Virtex-Ii Pro Rocketio Mgt Hssdc2 Cable Characterization; White Papers; Wp157: Usage Models For Multi-Gigabit Serial Transceivers - Xilinx RocketIO User Manual

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Virtex-II Pro RocketIO Multi-Gigabit Transceiver

Characterization Summary

Virtex-II Pro devices contain up to twenty-four embedded RocketIO multi-gigabit
transceivers (MGTs) for the creation of high-speed serial links from chip to chip, across a
backplane, or from system to system. Each MGT has separate transmit and receive
functions (full-duplex) and can be operated at baud rates from 600 Mb/s to 3.125 Gb/s.
Additionally, every RocketIO MGT block is fully independent and contains a complete set
of common SerDes (serializer/deserializer) functions. This allows Virtex-II Pro devices to
support many existing and emerging serial I/O standards at data rates up to 10 Gb/s,
including:
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This document presents characterization data taken on Virtex-II Pro devices to verify the
performance of the MGTs with respect to these standards and the product specification.

Virtex-II Pro RocketIO MGT HSSDC2 Cable Characterization

RocketIO multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs) in Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGAs are capable of
sending serial data at rates from 600 Mb/s to 3.125 Gb/s. Many links taking advantage of
this technology involve some length of cable through which these signals travel. At these
speeds, cable has the effect of degrading the quality of the signals, both distorting the
waveforms and reducing their amplitude. This report illustrates the effects that an
industry-standard cable, the HSSDC2, has on waveforms transmitted from a Virtex-II Pro
device.

White Papers

WP157: Usage Models for Multi-Gigabit Serial Transceivers

This document provides an overview of the various usage models for high-speed, point-
to-point, serial transceiver technology. While not intending to represent all the applications
of this technology, it provides a basic categorization and description of some of the most
common uses.
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XAUI (10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface)
PCI Express™
Serial RapidIO™
Fibre Channel™
Gigabit Ethernet
Aurora (Xilinx proprietary link-layer protocol)
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Appendix C: Related Online Documents
RocketIO™ Transceiver User Guide
UG024 (v3.0) February 22, 2007