Introduction - 1.3 English

UltraScale+ Devices Integrated Block for PCI Express Product Guide (PG213)

Document ID
PG213
Release Date
2023-10-19
Version
1.3 English

The AMD UltraScale+™ Devices Integrated Block for PCI Express® ( PCIe® ) solution IP core is a high-bandwidth, scalable, and reliable serial interconnect building block solution for use with UltraScale+ devices. AMD offers two PCIe integrated blocks in the UltraScale+ architecture: the PCIe4 integrated block, and the PCIe4C integrated block. The PCIe4 block, which is found in UltraScale+ devices, supports the PCIe IP. The AMD Virtex™ UltraScale+™ devices with high bandwidth memory (HBM) contain a mixture of the PCIe4 blocks and enhanced PCIe4C blocks. The PCIe4 block supports 1-lane, 2-lane, 4-lane, 8-lane, and 16-lane configurations, including Gen1 (2.5 GT/s), Gen2 (5.0 GT/s) and Gen3 (8 GT/s) speeds. It is compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, rev3.1 . The PCIe4C block is functionally equivalent to the PCIe4 block, and additionally supports Gen4 (16 GT/s) speed with 1-lane, 2-lane, 4-lane and 8-lane configuration, compatible to PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 4.0. This solution supports the AXI4-Stream interface for the customer user interface.

Note: The PCI Express Base Specification Revision 4.0 compatibility of the PCIe4C block references interoperability with Gen4 compliant devices at Gen4 speeds, with certain unsupported features. PCIe4C blocks interoperate with each other at Gen4 speeds. To determine the suitability of the PCIe4C block for a specific application, AMD recommends that designers review the unsupported features in Unsupported PCI Express Base Specification 4.0 Features (PCIE4C) while evaluating the PCIe4C block for use at Gen4 speeds.