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The world’s most reliable and mature full hardware ultra-low latency MAC & PCS IP Cores.

Bring the best-in-class ultra-low latency network connectivity to your hardware code and algorithms with Enyx rock-solid and acclaimed Ethernet IP Cores.

Minimize time-to-market with our full RTL implementation and support. Stay always at the forefront of technology with our frequent updates with the latest latency improvements and optimizations.

nxMAC/PCS – ULL is available exclusively on nxFramework.

The nxMAC/PCS – Ultra low latency edition overview:

Key Points

MAC + PCS IP Cores

• Best-in-class latency from the wire to the user’s own logic. 29 ns RTT — SOP to SOF @ 322 MHz on Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale+

• Full RTL Enyx proprietary ultra-low latency hardware MAC and PCS implementations.

• Clock running at up to 322 MHz, for improved latency results.

• Standardized Avalon and AXI-4 packet streaming interfaces.

• Unlimited instances per FPGA

Technical Specifications

Layers 1 and 2: Physical and Data Link

Management of layers 1 and 2 (OSI Model), compliant with:

• Layer 1: IEEE802.3
• Layer 2: IEEE802.3

Avalon/AXI-4 Streaming

• 64-bit wide interface running at 322MHz for MAC client port

Core monitoring (optional)

• 32-bit Avalon-MM/AXI- 4 lite slave control interface for MAC monitoring
• Status and statistics available for monitoring at MAC  level

Package contents

nxMAC + nxPCS IP Core
– Libraries for functional simulation
– Synthesizable VHDL and Verilog RTL (encrypted) for synthesis/implementation

nxMAC + nxPCS Testbench
– Simulation libraries

Client-Server Reference Designs
– Simulation environment and scripts
– Quartus II and Vivado Synthesis/implementation project for supported partner’s boards

Complete Documentation
– User’s manual
– Getting started guide

Technical Support and Maintenance Updates
– 1 year of technical support
– 1 year of IP updates

Available reference designs

Xilinx Virtex UltraScale +

• BittWare XUPP3R
• Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU102 Evaluation Kit

Intel Arria 10

• ReFLEX CES XpressGXA10-LP1150