Xilinx RocketIO User Manual

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UG024 (v3.0) February 22, 2007
White Papers
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WP160: Emulating External SERDES Devices with
Embedded RocketIO Transceivers
The Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGA provides an attractive single-chip solution to serial
transceiver design problems that previously required multiple devices. This white paper
describes several different dedicated external SERDES devices, and presents alternative
design solutions using the Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGA with RocketIO transceivers. The
four external devices discussed here are the Vitesse™ single-channel VSC7123, the Vitesse
quadchannelVSC7216-01, the Texas Instruments™ TLK3101, and the Mindspeed™
CX27201. The features offered by each of these devices are presented, along with a
discussion of how the RocketIO transceiver can afford an alternative to each multi-chip
solution. Links to Xilinx information resources for the Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGA and
embedded RocketIO transceiver are presented in the final section.
Product Not Recommended for New Designs

Xilinx RocketIO Specifications

General

Brand	Xilinx
Model	RocketIO
Category	Transceiver
Language	English