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14 years ago

Nios running on SRAM vs DDR2 ?

Hi, To gain space I am thinking about replacing tqfp SRAM (cy7c1380) with bga DDR2. Is there any difference between using a nios on sram or on ddr ? what are the problems with ddr ? than...
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14 years ago

The read/write cycle times will also be somewhat different.

This may not make much difference for cache line read/write, but for random cycles the DDR2 is likely to be slower.