Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Hard IP for PCI Express* IP Core Release Notes

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Date 12/14/2020
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1.4. Intel® Arria® 10 Hard IP for PCI Express* IP Core v17.0

Table 4.  17.0 May 2017
Description Impact
Added Enable soft DFE controller IP parameter to the PHY tab of the component parameter editor. When On, the PCIe Hard IP core includes a decision feedback equalization (DFE) soft controller in the FPGA fabric to improve the bit error rate (BER) margin. The default for this option is Off because DFE is typically not required. However, short reflective links may benefit from this soft DFE controller IP