EDN

Straightforward DDR SDRAM Connection to FPGAs Using IP

Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM is now the most popular memory type for designers of embedded applications needing large amounts of low-cost, high-performance memory. It provides a performance boost over ...
Electronic Design

DDR FCRAM Boosts Performance In DDR SDRAM Designs

A modified form of synchronous DRAM technology, double-data-rate, fast-cycle random access memory (DDR FCRAM) is primarily focused at the networking market segment. Yet due to its high performance, it ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Importance Of Using The Right DDR SDRAM Memory

Selecting the right memory technology is often the most critical decision for achieving the optimal system performance. Designers continue to add more cores and functionality to their SoCs; however, ...
TechRepublic

Implementation of DDR SDRAM Controller Using Verilog HDL

Now-a-days, DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) has become the most popular class of memory used in computers due to its high speed, burst access and pipeline feature ...
Design-Reuse

The Love/Hate Relationship with DDR SDRAM Controllers

Almost everyone knows that the bulk of DRAMs produced end up in desktop and laptop computers just like the one used to write this article. In fact, approximately 90% of all DRAMs produced are used in ...
Hackaday

Everything You Wanted To Know About SDRAM Timing But Were Afraid To Ask

One of the problems with being engaged in our hobby or profession is that people assume if you can build a computer out of chips, you must know all the details of their latest laptop computer. Most of ...
EDN

Implementing custom DDR and DDR2 SDRAM external memory interfaces in FPGAs (part 2)

Note: This is the second part of a two-part article covers the remaining steps to implement DDR or DDR2 external memory interfaces (EMIFs) using FPGAs via ALTDLL and ALTDQ_DQS megafunctions. Steps 4 ” ...
Eurogamer

AMD Athlon using DDR SDRAM review

We've spoken quite a lot about DDR memory in the last few months, but this is the first opportunity we've had to test the new technology for ourselves. With the falling prices of Athlons and memory, ...
Ars Technica

Performance difference between Rambus 1066 and DDR SDRAM @ 333MHZ

I just want to get people's opinions before I decide on a new computer. I'm looking into two systems that essentially have the same components except I can choose between a 2.53 processor with 512 MB ...
Design-Reuse

DDR SDRAM Controller IP Designed for Reuse

This paper deals with reusability issues in the development of a double data rate (DDR) SDRAM controller module for FPGA-based systems. The development of integrated systems-on-a-chip (SoC) is based ...
YouTube on MSN

Does better DDR5 memory improve your gaming PC?

Currently we are using DDR5 on both amd and Intel platforms at monumental speeds up to 8,000MT/second at 4,000MHz. That may sound impressive but the obvious question is how much attention we should ...
Tweakers

Rambus vs DDR SDRAM

The microelectronics division of IBM today outlined a five year roadmap for its memory offerings based on double data rate (DDR) technology. But Intel and AMD's backing of Direct Rambus looks set to ...