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17 years ago

control QDRAMII SRAM [512k x 36 ,300MHZ] through IP core

hi All ,

I want to control QDRAMII SRAM [512k x 36 ,300MHZ] through IP core .

My fpga is StratixIII device .

Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any documentation on Altera's website for this task.

Any documentation (or pointers to documentation) would be appreciated.

Tx..

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    Apparently, no QDRII support is available for Stratix III up to now.

    But altmemphy has preliminary QDRII support, so you could design your own controller.
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    At first thanks for your reply .

    My question is

    does any documentation or sample exist , about how design a custom\[own]controller ???

    Tx
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    See

    http://download.cypress.com.edgesuite.net/design_resources/reference_designs/contents/altera_fpga_reference_design_18.pdf

    and look around some more on the web - there may be a related app note from Cypress. My Cypress rep was able to get me some design files for their example as well.

    But - 300 MHz will be a good challenge, even in Stratix III. We were satisfied to get 166MHz in Stratix II (we used 250MHz DDRII SRAMs, probably could have gotten 200MHz, but not much more).

    QDRII+ may be a little easier to use, if like DDRII+ SRAM it provides a read ack flag with read data. But that comes with the cost of 1 more cycle of latency. The read ack flag does help with the clock crossings, mainly avoiding the need to calibrate any ring buffers.

    \chuck
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    Thanks ,

    I will see thisone .

    1_ Could you send some project [ stratix2<->qdr2] to be able to simulte through modelsim application?

    2_ What about the constrains , are those constrains possible to modify ?

    Thanks,

    Shush