Clocking - DS1016

Alveo UL3422 Ultra Low Latency Trading Data Sheet (DS1016)

Document ID
DS1016
Release Date
2024-10-14
Revision
1.0 English

The card provides the following reference clocks:

  • PCIe® reference clocks
  • Memory controller (DDR4) reference clocks
  • User reference clock
  • Ethernet reference clocks

The following high-level clock tree diagram shows the advanced clocking and jitter attenuator logic. See the following section for additional details.

Figure 1. UL3422 Clocking Tree

The card uses the Renesas RC21008AQ clock generator to provide reference clocks for PCIe, user reference, as well as a DDR4 memory controller. The following table lists the Renesas clock output reference and frequency, along with the FPGA destination bank and XDC net names. Renesas clock output references that are not provided in the table are not connected.

Table 1. Renesas RC21008AQ Clock Generator Output Frequencies
Renesas RC21008AQ Clock Output Reference Frequency (MHz) Destination FPGA Bank Block Reference Clock XDC Net Name
OUT1 100 225 PCIe

clk_pcie_lvds_100_n

clk_pcie_lvds_100_p

OUT2 300 65 User

clk_sys_lvds_300_n

clk_sys_lvds_300_p

OUT3 300 66 DDR4 memory controller

clk_ddr_lvds_300_n

clk_ddr_lvds_300_p