Overview
The Lattice Double Data Rate (DDR3) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) Controller is a general-purpose memory controller that interfaces with industry standard DDR3 memory devices/modules compliant with JESD79-3, DDR3 SDRAM Standard, and provides a generic command interface to user applications. The DDR3 SDRAM is the next-generation DDR SDRAM memory technology which features faster speed, mitigated SSO, and reduced routing due to “fly-by” routing signals to SDRAM instead of low skew tree distribution. This core reduces the effort required to integrate the DDR3 memory controller with the remainder of the application and minimizes the need to directly deal with the DDR3 memory interface.
DDR3 SDRAM Controller IP Core Pinout Generation Utility
The DDR3 Pinout Generation Utility is a GUI tool capable of generating the pinout and preference files that contain information for a design that uses the DDR3 SDRAM Controller IP core. More information about this utility, including downloads and documentation is available here.
Learn more about DDR IP core
In order to fully capitalize on the benefits of DDR3 memories, it is important to have an efficient and easy to use DDR3 memory interface controller. A video processing application provides a good example of the key requirements of a DDR3 memory system and the features needed from a DDR3 Interface in similar stream-oriented data processing systems.
The union of Microcontroller Unit (MCU) intellectual property (IP) cores with FPGAs provides a far more flexible hardware platform than traditional MCU ASSPs.
Brett Murdock, Dana Neustadter (Synopsys)
In recent years, emerging industries such as AI, Internet of Things, 5G, and intelligent networked vehicles have flourished, and the high requirements for performance have greatly increased the scale and complexity of chips, constantly challenging IP limitations.
Dana Neustadter, Senior Product Manager for Security Solutions, and Brett Murdock, Director, Product Line Management for Memory Interface IP, Synopsys Solutions Group
DDR is most critical IP to SoC’s successful operation, because processors in SoC typically spends the majority of its cycles on reading and writing to DDR memory.