Features – Achronix Speedster22i DDR User Manual

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Features

The features supported by the embedded DDR controllers are highlighted below:
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1866 Mbps data rate

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The controller and PHY can run at 1066 MHz to achieve 1866 Mbps rate at the

memory interface. A 2X Clock setting enables the core to run at half the speed -

533MHz. There is an additional feature to enable a wide bus interface, which

effectively enables the core to run at one quarter the speed - 266MHz. The 2X

clock setting and wide bus interfaces can be enabled at any data rate, thereby

reducing the core frequency by half, or a quarter, respectively.

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4 Chip Selects per controller

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The external memory connected to each controller can comprise of up to 4 ranks

(either two dual-rank DIMMs or one quad rank DIMM)

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Registered DIMM and Unbuffered DIMM support

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Each controller can independently support either rDIMMs or uDIMMs

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Address mirroring is supported.

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Multi-Burst Mode

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Each controller supports multi-burst mode, up to a burst length of 252 (DDR2) /

254 (DDR) / 248(DDR3). This allows the embedded controller to automatically

issue up to 252 cascaded read or write commands to automatically increment

addresses based on a single command from the Core Fabric

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Backwards Compatible

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The embedded DDR controllers can support DDR3 (up to 1866 Mbps), DDR2 (up

to 800 Mbps) and DDR protocols

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Bypassable

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If the user does not require all six DDR controllers, any (or all) can be bypassed

to leverage use of the designated I/Os for other purposes

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If the user does not require all 72-bits of the data bus, unused byte lanes can be

bypassed to leverage use of the designated I/Os for other purposes

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Minimal LUT use

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The DDR controllers are embedded (hardened), and therefore do not use any of

the LUTs in the core fabric

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LUTs are only required to interface the DDR Controllers

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Zero License fees

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UG031, Nov 18, 2014

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