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ochiang
New Contributor
New ContributorEthernet suggestion
Hi, I am using a Cyclone V SoC FPGA and I would like to inquire about the feasibility of using this component for Ethernet communication at speeds of at least 2.5Gbps. I am open to using either ...
Jeet14
Frequent Contributor
Frequent ContributorHi,
Yes this Cyclone V Transceiver native phy have this configuration but we don't have the ethernet IP from us on cyclone V which can give you 2.5G speed.
example- We have Multirate ethernet IP which supports Arria V device. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/fpga/intellectual-property/interface-protocols/10g-multirate-ethernet-phy.html
For this you can use the third party IP or you can build your own IP for this.
Regards
Tiwari
ochiangHi Tiwari,
thank you for your reply,
So, can I implement a simple Ethernet frame processing (MAC Layer) in RTL, then connect the RTL to the Native PHY, and use an external PHY component like SGMII+ (e.g., GPY211) to achieve 2.5G Ethernet? Is this feasible?
Thank you very much.
