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ZSher
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8 years ago

Any way to measure external memory performance?

Hello all,

I am working on an accelerator design that uses external memory. I would like to profile the memory to see if the design is making use of the available bandwidth, but I can't seem to find anything in Quartus that does that. The bus analyzer looks like it could perform that function, but it needs a Tcl script that I do not have and do not know how to create. Any hints? Thanks in advance.

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  • sstrell's avatar
    sstrell
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    8 years ago

    If you're using the memory IP and enabled the option in the IP, you can use the EMIF Toolkit for this. It's in the Tools menu in Quartus.

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    ZSher
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    8 years ago

    I have seen that since I posted this, I tried that and was unable to see how you could measure the bandwidth with it. I linked it to the Efficiency monitor but I did not see any activity reported even when the bus would definitely be in use. What needs to be enabled to use the toolkit for this?