Block Diagram

The Ethernet 10G MAC core or efx_mac10gbe comprises of the following modules:
  • Power-up sequence to handshake with the FPGA transceiver.
  • AXI ST 64-bit user interface.
  • TX engine with CRC generation.
  • RX engine with CRC checker.
  • XGMII interface.
  • Statistics reporting.
  • Priority flow control module.
  • Broadcast and address filtering.

Figure 1. Ethernet 10G MAC Core Sub-Modules