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14 years ago

question about SRAM and DRAM on FPGA chip

Hi All, I am currently working on DE4 and I wanna to figure out how many clock cycle and the latency that SRAM(in stratix IV chip) take when it performs read and write operations. Moreover, ...
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14 years ago

INternal RAM does everything in a single clock cycle. You find the basic information in device handbook and more in the RAM MegaFunction user guide.

DRAM operation depends on the RAM chips and the respective Altera RAM Controller MegaFunction as well. You should probably start with the MegaFunction user guide, read DRAM manufacturer literature as a supplement.