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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

Why SOC boots from FPGA?

The SOC preloader can be loaded from FPGA memory. After the pre-loader is run, the software will be loaded from the SD card. So why do we have such an option if the real application will be loaded fr...
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9 years ago

This enables secure boot support at CV where FPGA image will be validated through AES engine :)

By doing this, the executed Preloader is trusted.