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17 years ago

SerialLite IP on Xilinx device

I am wondering if it is "possible" to implement the SerialLite IP on a Xilinx device? I know that theoretically one can implement the IP from scratch on any device, but that would probably be ...
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17 years ago

To my opinion this will not work. Sure pure digital logig written in HDL can easily be ported. But a high speed serial protocol? I am pretty sure that this IP makes use of hard wired logic cells on the chip and therefore it will not be portable to a Xilinx device. It isn't either for an Altera Cyclone device.