FPGA : PCI core needed

Hi bijoy,

My company Brace Design Solutions has developed a Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible (replacement) PCI IP core called BDS XPCI PCI IP core. Assuming that your project's PCI interface is target only (no initiator), and uses only one BAR (Base Address Register), BDS XPCI32 PCI IP core should occupy roughly 580 LUTs and 250 FFs. That should translate roughly 290 Slices (580 / 2 = 290). Of course, if your project uses initiator mode, the LUT consumption will be much higher. If the number we presented is not satisfactory, we have several ideas to reducing the LUT count such as:

• Using multiplexer instead of internal tri-state buffers for configuration register part of the PCI IP core

• Completely getting rid of initiator capability by removing initiator related logic

• (I personally don't like it, but . . .) Getting rid of parity checking capability

Obviously, the custom version will cost more money than the regular version because we will have to customize it, but let us know if you are interested. For more information, visit Brace Design Solutions website at

Kevin Brace

bijoy wrote: > Hi My company wanted to buy PCI core(33Mhz), and it should be fitted in spartan-3 fpga and should not take not more than 350 slices Does any one have got any idea from where i can get this PCI core ? pls mail to snipped-for-privacy@rediffmail.com >

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Brace Design Solutions
Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible BDS XPCI PCI IP core available 
for as little as $100 for non-commercial, non-profit, personal use.
http://www.bracedesignsolutions.com

Xilinx and LogiCORE are registered trademarks of Xilinx, Inc.

Hi bijoy,

My company Brace Design Solutions has developed a Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible (replacement) PCI IP core called BDS XPCI PCI IP core. Assuming that your project's PCI interface is target only (no initiator), and uses only one BAR (Base Address Register), BDS XPCI32 PCI IP core should occupy roughly 580 LUTs and 250 FFs. That should translate roughly 290 Slices (580 / 2 = 290). Of course, if your project uses initiator mode, the LUT consumption will be much higher. If the number we presented is not satisfactory, we have several ideas to reducing the LUT count such as:

• Using multiplexer instead of internal tri-state buffers for configuration register part of the PCI IP core

• Completely getting rid of initiator capability by removing initiator related logic

• (I personally don't like it, but . . .) Getting rid of parity checking capability

Obviously, the custom version will cost more money than the regular version because we will have to customize it, but let us know if you are interested. For more information, visit Brace Design Solutions website at

Kevin Brace

bijoy wrote:

in spartan-3 fpga and should not take not more than 350 slices Does any one have got any idea from where i can get this PCI core ? pls mail to snipped-for-privacy@rediffmail.com

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Brace Design Solutions
Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible BDS XPCI PCI IP core available
for as little as $100 for non-commercial, non-profit, personal use.
http://www.bracedesignsolutions.com

Xilinx and LogiCORE are registered trademarks of Xilinx, Inc.

Hi bijoy,

My company Brace Design Solutions has developed a Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible (replacement) PCI IP core called BDS XPCI PCI IP core. Assuming that your project's PCI interface is target only (no initiator), and uses only one BAR (Base Address Register), BDS XPCI32 PCI IP core should occupy roughly 580 LUTs and 250 FFs. That should translate roughly 290 Slices (580 / 2 = 290). Of course, if your project uses initiator mode, the LUT consumption will be much higher. If the number we presented is not satisfactory, we have several ideas to reducing the LUT count such as:

• Using multiplexer instead of internal tri-state buffers for configuration register part of the PCI IP core

• Completely getting rid of initiator capability by removing initiator related logic

• (I personally don't like it, but . . .) Getting rid of parity checking capability

Obviously, the custom version will cost more money than the regular version because we will have to customize it, but let us know if you are interested. For more information, visit Brace Design Solutions website at

Kevin Brace

bijoy wrote:

in spartan-3 fpga and should not take not more than 350 slices Does any one have got any idea from where i can get this PCI core ? pls mail to snipped-for-privacy@rediffmail.com

--
Brace Design Solutions
Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible BDS XPCI PCI IP core available
for as little as $100 for non-commercial, non-profit, personal use.
http://www.bracedesignsolutions.com

Xilinx and LogiCORE are registered trademarks of Xilinx, Inc.

Will that help? Don't the synthesis tools translate use of tri-state buffers into multiplexers on most of the newer Xilinx FPGAs anyhow, since the parts don't have actual tri-state buffers?

I'm interested on this point, too. If the core is provided as source, the synthesis will probably handle the conversion well. If the core is an .ngo file like the Xilinx alternative, the Xilinx mapper ends up making the supstitution and the synthesis tool (SynplifyPro in my case) is stymied because the black box for the core doesn't have the information to allow the tristates in the core to be converted so the total conversion falls apart.

Hi Eric,

Here is a comparison of BDS XPCI PCI IP core's configuration register block in MUX (It gets directly map to LUTs by XST.) and internal tri-state buffers. The first result is the MUX version.

____________________________ Release 6.3.03i Map G.38 Xilinx Mapping Report File for Design 'pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32'

Design Information

------------------ Command Line : C:/Xilinx_webpack_6_3/bin/nt/map.exe -intstyle ise -p xc3s200-ft256-4 -cm area -pr b -k 4 -c 100 -tx off -o pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32_map.ncd pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32.ngd pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32.pcf Target Device : x3s200 Target Package : ft256 Target Speed : -4 Mapper Version : spartan3 -- $Revision: 1.16.8.2 $ Mapped Date : Thu Nov 03 19:45:18 2005

Design Summary

-------------- Number of errors: 0 Number of warnings: 32 Logic Utilization: Number of Slice Flip Flops: 289 out of 3,840 7% Number of 4 input LUTs: 498 out of 3,840 12% Logic Distribution: Number of occupied Slices: 380 out of

1,920 19% Number of Slices containing only related logic: 380 out of 380 100% Number of Slices containing unrelated logic: 0 out of 380 0% *See NOTES below for an explanation of the effects of unrelated logic Total Number 4 input LUTs: 530 out of 3,840 13% Number used as logic: 498 Number used as 16x1 RAMs: 32 Number of bonded IOBs: 49 out of 173 28% IOB Flip Flops: 91 Number of GCLKs: 1 out of 8 12%

Total equivalent gate count for design: 10,268 Additional JTAG gate count for IOBs: 2,352 Peak Memory Usage: 80 MB ____________________________

The second result is the internal tri-state buffer version which gets converted to LUTs by MAP.

____________________________ Release 6.3.03i Map G.38 Xilinx Mapping Report File for Design 'pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32'

Design Information

------------------ Command Line : C:/Xilinx_webpack_6_3/bin/nt/map.exe -intstyle ise -p xc3s200-ft256-4 -cm area -pr b -k 4 -c 100 -tx off -o pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32_map.ncd pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32.ngd pcim_top_BDS_XPCI32.pcf Target Device : x3s200 Target Package : ft256 Target Speed : -4 Mapper Version : spartan3 -- $Revision: 1.16.8.2 $ Mapped Date : Thu Nov 03 19:54:28 2005

Design Summary

-------------- Number of errors: 0 Number of warnings: 32 Logic Utilization: Number of Slice Flip Flops: 283 out of 3,840 7% Number of 4 input LUTs: 567 out of 3,840 14% Logic Distribution: Number of occupied Slices: 422 out of

1,920 21% Number of Slices containing only related logic: 422 out of 422 100% Number of Slices containing unrelated logic: 0 out of 422 0% *See NOTES below for an explanation of the effects of unrelated logic Total Number 4 input LUTs: 600 out of 3,840 15% Number used as logic: 567 Number used as a route-thru: 1 Number used as 16x1 RAMs: 32 Number of bonded IOBs: 49 out of 173 28% IOB Flip Flops: 97 Number of GCLKs: 1 out of 8 12%

Total equivalent gate count for design: 11,258 Additional JTAG gate count for IOBs: 2,352 Peak Memory Usage: 80 MB ____________________________

The backend design is a simple 16 byte long I/O mapped memory synthesized by XST. Subtracting the backend logic usage from the total logic usage will give you the BDS XPCI PCI IP core's logic usage.

____________________________ =========================================================================

• Final Report * =========================================================================

Device utilization summary:

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Selected Device : 3s200ft256-4

Number of Slices: 43 out of 1920 2% Number of Slice Flip Flops: 39 out of 3840 1% Number of 4 input LUTs: 44 out of 3840 1% Number of bonded IOBs: 50 out of 173 28% Number of TBUFs: 32 out of 960 3% Number of GCLKs: 1 out of 8 12% ____________________________

Neither versions used a constraint file (UCF), so the FF count might be somewhat different if a constraint file was used, but that shouldn't affect the LUT count too much. Both versions (MUX version and internal tri-state buffer version) of netlist of the BDS XPCI PCI IP core were synthesized by ISE 4.2i's XST for Spartan-II (ISE 4.2i's XST was used because that the last version of XST that can generate an EDIF netlist using a secret "-ofmt EDIF" switch.) I am myself surprised that the use of MUX inside the BDS XPCI PCI IP core reduced the LUT this much, but what is interesting is that trying to emulate internal tri-state buffer with LUTs increases the LUT usage quite a bit. One more thing to note. ISE WebPACK 6.3i was used for this test instead of 7.1i. For some reason, Xilinx messed up the internal tri-state buffer conversion algorithm in 7.1i (The problem still lingers even in SP4.) that the above design won't map at all in 7.1i. Answer record #20048 discusses this issue, but is not very helpful.

Kevin Brace

Eric Smith wrote:

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Brace Design Solutions
Xilinx (TM) LogiCORE (TM) PCI compatible BDS XPCI PCI IP core available 
for as little as $100 for non-commercial, non-profit, personal use.
http://www.bracedesignsolutions.com

Xilinx and LogiCORE are registered trademarks of Xilinx, Inc.

Good to see some actual evidence on this often debated topic. Thanks for the posting.

-- Mike Treseler