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I am testing Arria 10 GX with transceivers speed grade 3, and have enabled in native phy standard pcs(8b/10b decorer and encoder and word aligner).
Does pcs downgrade speed of my Transceivers? In device datasheet I did not find information about it. In Stratix V daasheet this thing was described.
And what is difference in chip to chip and backplane? For example I have board with sfp modules? Is this backplane or not?
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Hi,
PCS speedgrade is tied to transceiver speedgrade as PCS is part of transceiver channel design block.
For chip to chip :
- This is like referring to FPGA transceiver connect to another chip transceiver directly
- Board A (FPGA) <-> Board B (chip)
For backplane :
- This is referring to system application where FPGA transceiver connect to another backplane board (via some connector) and then to another chip on another board
- Board A (FPGA) <-> Backplane board <-> Board B (chip)
I am not sure how your QSFP module connect to the other end destination of your system setup but I hope my explanation is clear to you.
Thanks.
Regards,
dlim
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HI,
I hope I have clarified your questions on Aug 24 feedback.
For now, I am setting this case to closure.
Regards,
dlim

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