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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Can FPGA be directly interfaced with external storage drives?

Hi, I am wondering if its possible to implement a PCIe root IP in FPGA and use it to save streaming data into an off-chip high-speed storage device, such as SSD? Does PCIe controller handle co...
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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

AFAIK the Altera PCIe component doesn't directly support the root mode with a Nios CPU. And even if it did, you would still need several layers of software to properly handle the external drive and file system.