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16 years ago

how to implement a large memory on DE2 KIT ?

Hi everyone, I'm designing a LC3 CPU by quartusII on DE2 KIT. My problem is that I don't know how to build a large memory, in my case is 2^16*16 bits. So I want to know how to build it ...
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16 years ago

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recognized that if I intend use SDRAM on DE2 I have to use SOPC build in NIOS system

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No. You can use existing Altera code either VHDL or Verilog, to build a SDRAM controller. It's rather simple compared to a DDR RAM controller. See some previous forum discussions, e.g.:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2054