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14 years ago

simultaneous access to ddrII memory by nios and vhdl entity

Hi all, I am using Arria II device.Basicly,what i need to do is to transfer large amounts of bulk data,which is stored in DDR2 memory using Ethernet to PC.The problem is that vhdl-based entity is ...
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14 years ago

Either you build the masters into your component or just use DMAs to move the streaming data to/from memory. What you are attempting is *very* commonly done with DMAs since it's easier to build a streaming front end then it is to create master logic. Building mastering logic is not overly difficult if you don't make it feature rich.