Xilinx RocketIO

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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