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

1.1. HBM2E Interface Intel® FPGA IP v3.0.0

Table 1.  v3.0.0 2023.12.04
Intel® Quartus® Prime Version Description Impact
23.4 Verified in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software v23.4. Provides interface to high bandwidth memory on Intel Agilex® 7 M-Series FPGAs.

Table 2.  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 X
-2 1.6 - 2.8 GT/s X X X 1 X
-3 1.6 -2.0 GT/s X X X 1 X
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 3.  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 X
16 GB (8H) Yes X X X X
Channels All eight channels enabled Yes X X X X
Single channel enabled Yes X X X X
Protocol AXI4 Yes X X X X
AXI4-Lite Yes X X X  
Dual-HBM2E IP Support Using design examples Yes   X X X
Data Mode 256 bit Yes X X X X
256 bit with ECC Yes X X X X
256 bit with data mask Yes X X X X
288 bit Yes X X X X
Memory Controller Address Reordering Yes X X X X
Auto-precharge Yes X X X X
Scheduling Yes X X X X
Controller refresh Yes X X X X
Temperature-based throttling Yes X X X X
Refresh Temperature-controlled refresh Yes X X X X
Power Estimation   Yes X X X X
Design Example 1-to-1 full address Yes X X X X
16-to-16 crossbar Yes X X X X
Fabric NoC Yes X X X X
AXI4-Lite Yes X X X X
Traffic Generator   Yes X X X X
Simulators VCS* Yes X      
VCS-MX * Yes X      
ModelSim SE * Yes X      
Xcelium * Yes X      
Aldec * No        
Questa FE Yes X      

Support level key:

  • X = supported feature
  • N/A = not applicable

  • S = simulation support
  • C = compilation support
  • T = timing support
  • H = hardware support
Table 4.   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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