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16 years ago

Cheapest Solution for 17 SERDES

Hi there, Hope you guys can give me some advice here. How can I fit 17 SERDES to a single and cheapest possible chip, for the sake of simplicity, and also trying to save cost. I can’...
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16 years ago

There is a package for 110 that offer 16 SERDES. For the 17th channel you can try the PMA only channel. But only certain package for 110 density has PMA only channel. You should look into the PMA-only spec carefully before you decide to use it for your design.

If you need detail information on how to implement the transceiver in Altera FPGA, there is a workshop offered by Altera, try this:

www.altera.com/sjworkshop (http://www.altera.com/sjworkshop)