F-Tile Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Date 4/18/2024
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2. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP Overview

The Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP is a configurable component that implements the IEEE 802.3-2008 specification. To build a complete Ethernet subsystem in an Intel FPGA device and connect it to an external device, you can use the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP with an Intel FPGA PHY IP or any of the supported PHYs.

The figure below shows a system with the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Intel® FPGA IP.

Figure 1. Typical Application of Low Latency (LL) Ethernet 10G (10GbE) MAC

Note: Intel FPGAs implement and support the Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC and 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (PCS + PMA) Intel® FPGA IPs to interface in a chip-to-chip or chip-to-module channel with external NBASE-T (1G/2.5G/5G/10Gb Ethernet) PHY standard devices. However, Intel FPGAs do not comply with or support these interface specifications to directly interface with the required twisted-pair copper cables such as CAT-5/6/7.