Open-Source Ethernet MAC IP Cores for FPGAs: Overview and Evaluation

Table 4

OOC synthesis resource results.

Project	Variant	LUTs	FFs	Latches	CARRY4	SRL	LUTRAM	BRAM 18K	BRAM 36K	Clock buffers/MUXes
An Ethernet Controller [24]	—	450	704	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
Ariane-Ethernet [25]	—	943	782	0	34	2	16	0	12	1
Gaisler GRETH [26]	—	1137	866	0	54	0	96	0	0	0
LeWiz LMAC1 [27]	LMAC_CORE1_AXIS	242144	406797	383	720	1	0	0	0	0
LeWiz LMAC1 [27]	LMAC_CORE1_AXIS_XPM_FIFO	5721	6269	1	569	1	240	4	12	0
LeWiz LMAC1 [27]	LMAC_CORE_TOP	261693	421734	318	619	1	0	0	0	0
LeWiz LMAC1 [27]	LMAC_CORE_TOP_XPM_FIFO	4957	5297	1	501	1	96	5	10	0
LeWiz LMAC2 [28]	LMAC_CORE_TOP_XPM_FIFO	5954	6325	1	547	1	96	5	10	0
LeWiz LMAC3 [29]	LMAC_CORE_TOP_XPM_FIFO	47300	21068	230	838	259	0	9	51	0
Litex Liteeth [30]	liteeth	896	670	0	51	0	80	16	2	0
Litex Liteeth [30]	liteeth-rgmii	867	648	0	51	0	80	16	2	3
NFMAC10G [31]	nfmac10g	3010	1203	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
NFMAC10G [31]	nfmac10g_with_user_intf	3583	2257	0	36	0	0	0	2	0
Opencores Ethernet Tri Mode [32]	ethernet_tri_mode	1443	1399	0	61	0	0	0	6	3
Opencores Ethernet Tri Mode [32]	ethernet_tri_mode_single_clk	1443	1399	0	61	0	0	0	6	3
Opencores Ethmac [33]	—	2179	2343	0	76	0	0	4	0	0
Opencores Gbiteth [34]	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Opencores Minimac [35]	—	636	637	0	16	0	0	2	0	0
Opencores XGE_LL_MAC [36]	—	2494	887	0	47	0	0	0	0	0
Opencores XGE_MAC [37]	—	2286	1524	0	53	0	48	0	4	0
P. Kerling Ethernet MAC [38]	pkerling_ethernet_mac	435	256	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
P. Kerling Ethernet MAC [38]	pkerling_ethernet_mac_with_fifos	853	617	0	62	2	0	1	1	2
Verilog-Ethernet [39]	verilog-ethernet-eth_mac_10g_fifo	2953	1263	0	32	0	0	2	2	0
Verilog-Ethernet [39]	verilog-ethernet-eth_mac_1g_fifo	520	522	0	43	0	0	2	2	0
Verilog-Ethernet [39]	verilog-ethernet-eth_mac_1g_gmii_fifo	535	576	0	43	0	0	2	2	2
Verilog-Ethernet [39]	verilog-ethernet-eth_mac_1g_rgmii_fifo	559	565	0	43	0	0	2	2	1
Verilog-Ethernet [39]	verilog-ethernet-eth_mac_mii_fifo	498	538	0	43	0	0	2	2	2
WGE 100 [40]	—	615	838	0	66	0	28	2	0	2
WhiteRabbit [41]	wr-endpoint	1833	1630	0	45	1	0	4	0	0