XGMII
Everyone,
Concerning the XGMII interface, I remember at least one comment
during the plenary and I have the same reservation concerning the
extreme width and tightness of the setup and hold timing.
I would like to suggest separate clocks for each of the 8 bit lanes.
This would allow each lane to have a manageable number of tightly
coupled signals, and allow for 1 or two clocks skew between lanes. The
Bus could easily be spread across the pins of a device enabling
distributed reference and less ground bounce. I don't see adding 3 more
pins to a 37 pin interface to be excessive. Synchronization of the
lanes could be done using the control lines for a sync. (i.e.. 1111
followed by 1000 on the control is start of data).
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Justin Gaither Phone: 512-306-7292 x529
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