1. Functional Overview > Serial RapidIO Electrical Interface
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Tsi578 User Manual
June 6, 2016
Integrated Device Technology
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1.3.2
Features
The Tsi578 supports multicast packet replication in accordance with
RapidIO Specification Version
1.3, Part 11 Multicast
.
The Tsi578 includes the following features:
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One multicast engine provides dedicated multicast resources without impacting throughput on the
ports
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Eight multicast groups
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Sustained multicast output bandwidth, up to 10 Gbit/s per egress port
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10 Gbit/s of instantaneous multicast input bandwidth
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Packets are replicated to each egress port in parallel
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The multicast engine can accept bursts of traffic with different packet sizes
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Arbitration at the egress port to allow management of resource contention between multicast or
unicast traffic
1.4
Serial RapidIO Electrical Interface
The Tsi578 has eight Media Access Controllers (MAC) comprising the 16 Serial RapidIO ports. The 16
ports are grouped into pairs consisting of one even numbered port and one odd numbered port. Each
port has flexible testing features including multiple loopback modes and bit error rate testing. Each pair
of ports share four differential transmit lanes and four differential receive lanes.
Even and odd number ports have different capabilities. Even numbered ports can operate in either 4x or
1x mode, while odd numbered ports can only operate in 1x mode. When the even numbered port is
operating in 4x mode, it has control over all four differential pairs (designated Lanes A, B, C and D). In
4x mode, the default state of the odd numbered port is powered on. All registers in the even and odd
numbered port are accessible but the odd numbered port does not have access to the PHY. In order to
decrease the power dissipation of the port, the odd numbered port can be powered down in this
configuration. When the even numbered port is operating in 1x mode it uses only Lane A and the odd
numbered port is permitted to operate in 1x mode using Lane B.
The Tsi578 MAC and SerDes interconnect block diagram is shown in the following figure.
1. All bandwidths assume the internal switching fabric is clocked at 156.25 MHz.
System behavior for the multicasting of packets which require responses is not defined in the
RapidIO Interconnect Specification (Revision 1.3) - Part 11 Multicast Specification
.