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14 years ago

How to use the cyclone iii internal memory in ROM mode?

Hi, I would like to ask the next question... According to Cyclone iii Device Hand Book, it is possible to use the internal M9K memory as ROM memory (Page 35). I'm interested to save the data after...
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14 years ago

Yes. Unfortunately in this case ROM only means what it means, i.e. read-only memory. It doesn't mean that it is persistent. A M9K block in ROM mode is simply a RAM block whose write function is disabled.