Agilex™ 7 F-Series and I-Series Known Issue List

ID 683584
Date 3/13/2025
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2.1.1.17. F-Tile Ethernet Intel FPGA Hard IP unable to achieve 100% throughput with some variants

Description

When using the F-Tile Ethernet Intel FPGA Hard IP in the configurations captured in the below table, the IP is unable to achieve 100% throughput by the small amounts shown. This is due to the fact that the hard MAC within the IP is not removing IDLE characters in order to compensate for Alignment Marker (AM) insertion.

Table 19.  
Data Rate FEC Mode Throughput Loss? PPM Impact Throughput Loss as a % of Full Line Rate
10G NO_FEC/FC_FEC NO NO NO
25G NO_FEC NO NO NO
25G FC_FEC NO NO NO
25G RS_FEC YES 48.828125 .0048
40G NO_FEC/RS_FEC YES 61.03515625 .0061
50G NO_FEC/RS_FEC YES 48.828125 .0048
100G NO_FEC/RS_FEC YES 61.03515625 .0061
200G RS_FEC YES 48.828125 .0048
400G RS_FEC YES 48.828125 .0048

Workaround

Potential workarounds to achieve 100% throughput with the IP include overclocking the TX reference clock to compensate for PPM loss, adjusting the MIN_AVG_IPG value from 12 to 10, or using a soft MAC IP where applicable.

Status

Table 20.  Device Status Table
Devices Affected Planned Fix
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