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10 years ago

Is it possible to connect any FPGA board to a dimm slot directly?

Hi, We are looking for a FPGA solution which can be used for replacing the DRAM and connect a FPGA board to a dimm slot directly. The DRAM should be on the FPGA board. What we want to do i...
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10 years ago

As others have said this isn't possible. Even if it were, it would be a bad idea to impose delay between a processor and its memory system. You should analyze your system requirements to determine the best way to interconnect. PCI and PCI express are common, but I2C, SPI, RapidIO have also been used.