High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2E) Interface Intel Agilex® 7 M-Series FPGA IP Release Notes

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1. High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2E) Interface Intel® FPGA IP Release Notes
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1.1. HBM2E Interface Intel® FPGA IP v3.0.0 1.2. HBM2E Interface Intel® FPGA IP v2.0.0 1.3. HBM2E Interface Intel® FPGA IP v1.3.0 1.4. HBM2E Interface Intel® FPGA IP v1.2.0
1. High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2E) Interface Intel® FPGA IP Release Notes

1.4. HBM2E Interface Intel® FPGA IP v1.2.0

Table 15.  v1.2.0 2023.04.21
Intel® Quartus® Prime Version Description Impact
23.1 Verified in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software v23.1. Provides interface to high bandwidth memory on Intel Agilex® 7 M-Series FPGAs.
Note: This documentation is preliminary and subject to change.
Note: Device support for Intel Agilex® 7 M-series FPGAs and SoCs in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 23.1 is restricted. To enable M-series device support in your instance of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software, contact your regional Intel FPGA sales representative.

Table 16.  High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2E) Interface Intel® FPGA IP Speed Support Summary
Protocol/Category Device Speed Grade Maximum Rate S C T H
HBM2E -1 1.6 - 3.2 GT/s X X X 1  
-2 1.6 - 2.8 GT/s X X X 1  
-3 1.6 -2.0 GT/s X X X 1  
Note: 1 = Timing is currently preliminary. It will be necessary to recompile designs in future releases.

Support level key:

  • X = supported feature

  • S = simulation support
  • C = compilation support
  • T = timing support
  • H = hardware support
Table 17.  High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2E) Interface Intel® FPGA IP Feature Support Summary
Category Subcategory Supported? S C T H
HBM2E Capacity 8 GB (4H) Yes X X X  
16 GB (8H) Yes X X X  
Channels All eight channels enabled Yes X X X  
Single channel enabled Yes X X X  
Protocol AXI4 Yes X X X  
AXI4-Lite Yes X X X  
Dual-HBM2E IP Support Using design examples Yes   X X  
Data Mode 256 bit Yes X X X  
256 bit with ECC Yes X X X  
256 bit with data mask Yes X X X  
288 bit Yes X X X  
Memory Controller Address Reordering Yes X X X  
Auto-precharge Yes X X X  
Scheduling Yes X X X  
Controller refresh Yes X X X  
Temperature-based throttling Yes X X X  
Refresh Temperature-controlled refresh   X X X  
Power Estimation   Yes X X X  
Design Example 1-to-1 full address Yes X X X  
16-to-16 crossbar Yes X X X  
Fabric NoC Yes X X X  
AXI4-Lite Yes X X X  
Traffic Generator   Yes X X X  
Simulators VCS* Yes X      
VCS-MX * Yes X      
ModelSim SE * Yes X      
Xcelium * Yes X      
Aldec * No        

Support level key:

  • X = supported feature

  • S = simulation support
  • C = compilation support
  • T = timing support
  • H = hardware support
Table 18.   Intel Agilex® 7 M-Series to Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA HBM Support Comparison
Category Intel® Stratix® 10 Intel Agilex® 7 M-Series Notes
Memory device HBM2 HBM2E  
Transfer rates -1: 1.0 - 2.0 GT/s -1: 1.6 - 3.2 GT/s  
-2: 1.0 - 1.6 GT/s -2: 1.6 - 2.8 GT/s
-3: 1.0 - 1.2 GT/s -3: 1.6 - 2.0 GT/s
Capacity 4 GB/4H and 8 GB/8H 8 GB/4H and 16 GB/8H Increased capacity per die.
Periphery-to-core transport layer Hard-wired Fabric NoC and High-speed interconnect NoC  
User interface Avalon® memory-mapped interface, and AXI AXI4 and AXI4-Lite  
User Clock 150 - 500 MHz 250 - 660 MHz 1 Valid range depends on device speed grade and complexity of the design.
Configuration interface 8× APB 4× AXI4-Lite Converged to AXI4 for both main band and side band.
AWORD pins R[5:0] R[6:0]  
C[7:0] C[8:0]
HBMC bypass ASIC mode, PHY-only mode None  
Refresh Controller, user-initiated Controller  
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