Xilinx 1000BASE-X User Manual
Ethernet 1000BASE-X PCS/PMA or SGMII v9.1
UG155 March 24, 2008
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Revision History
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Date
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Version
Revision
09/30/04
1.0
Initial Xilinx release.
04/28/05
2.0
Updated to Xilinx tools 7.1i SP2, support for Virtex-4 Rocket IO.
01/18/06
3.0
Updated to Xilinx tools 8.1i SP1 for 7.0 release, added new chapter for dynamic switching.
07/13/06
4.0
Updated to core version 7.1; Xilinx tools 8.2i.
10/23/06
5.0
Updated to core version 8.0, support for Virtex-5 LXT and Spartan-3A families.
02/15/07
6.0
Updated to core version 8.1, Xilinx tools 9.1i.
08/08/07
7.0
Updated to core version 9.0, Xilinx tools 9.2i.
03/24/08
8.0
Updated to core version 9.1, Xilinx tools 10.1.