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19 years ago

Differences between Atlantic and Avalon Streaming Protocols

This is what I noticed from playing between version 6.0sp1 and version 6.1. Seems like to prepare for better integration with SOPC builder, starting from version 6.1, all the DSP IP blocks start...
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18 years ago

I don't fully agree with you on the difference below.

- Only master source and slave sink are supported in Avalon ST. In

Atlantic, master/slave source and master/slave sink are all supported.

The reason is it depends on the core. Avalon ST doesn't explicitly specify if the source/sink is master/slave and it's not necessary. The master/slave is implied by the way the core is designed.

For example, Altera FIR compiler serves as slave sink and master source which is consistent with your comment.

However, Altera FFT MegaCore serves as master sink and master source which is not consistent.