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13 years ago

PCIe as Soft-IP via CMU as transceiver in Stratix-IV

Hi, in a design using a Stratix-IV EP4SGX230KF40, all regular transceiver channels are already used for other connections, but I want to connect a PC-module via a PCIe 1.1 x1 link. Is this in...
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13 years ago

Soft PCI-e still requires transceivers, so I doubt You'll be able to implement it without freeing at least two pairs for TX/RX.