Introduces the RapidIO MegaCore Function, including features, usage, etc.
The Altera RapidIO MegaCore Function User Guide describes the Altera RapidIO MegaCore function for the RapidIO interconnect standard. It covers features and supported transactions, device family support, verification, performance and resource utilization, installation, and licensing.
The guide also covers the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager, SOPC Builder, and Qsys design flows, parameter settings, functional descriptions of the physical, transport, and logical layers, signal and software interface details, testbenches, and design examples.
The text describes it as an open standard developed by the RapidIO Trade Association and a high-performance packet-switched interconnect technology.
It targets high-performance, multicomputing, high-bandwidth, and coprocessing I/O applications.
The guide covers the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager, SOPC Builder, and Qsys design flows.