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Honored ContributorMax Gpio mhz for cyclone II, III, IV ?
Does anyone know the max gpio speed for the cyclone II, III, and IV ? I know the ram speed for the II is close to 240 mhz and the IV is close to 450 mhz, i dont know the gpio speed for any tho...
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Honored ContributorThe FPGA itself is certainly capable of such speeds, but you won't be able to reach it by controlling the SSD in software and PIOs. You will need a dedicated controller with DMA support, such as this one (http://www.cast-inc.com/ip-cores/storage/ataif/cast_ataif-a.pdf).
There is also an opensource core at opencores (http://opencores.org/project,ata) but IIRC only the first one (PIO mode) is fully stable.
