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Section II. Memory
This section provides information on the TriMatrix
™
Embedded Memory
blocks internal to Stratix
®
devices and the supported external memory
interfaces.
It contains the following chapters:
■ Chapter 2, TriMatrix Embedded Memory Blocks in
Stratix & Stratix GX Devices
■ Chapter 3, External Memory Interfaces in Stratix & Stratix GX
Devices
The QDR SRAM Controller Reference Design for Stratix & Stratix GX Devices
chapter is removed in this version of the Stratix Device Handbook. The
information is available in AN 349: Interfacing QDR SRAM with Stratix and
Stratix GX Devices.
Revision History
The table below shows the revision history for Chapters 2 and 3.
Chapter Date/Version Changes Made Comments
2 July 2005, v3.3 ● Updated “Implementing True Dual-Port Mode” section.
January 2005,
v3.2
● Minor technical content update.
September
2004, v3.1
● Updated Note 1 in Figure 2–12 on page 2–22.
● Updated description about using two different clocks in a
dual-port RAM on page 2–27.
● Deleted description of M-RAM block and document
references on page 2–27.
April 2004, v3.0
● Synchronous occurrences are renamed to pipelined.
● Pseudo-synchronous occurrences are renamed flow-
through.
● Added AND gate to Figure 2–12.
July 2003, v2.0
● Updated performance specification for TriMatrix memory
in Table 2-1.
● Added addressing example for a RAM that is using
mixed-width mode, page 2-9.
● Added Note 1 to Tables 2-9 and 2-10, Note 3 to Figure 2-
11, and Note 2 to Figures 2-12 and 2-13.