Cyclone® V Device Handbook: Volume 1: Device Interfaces and Integration

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Date 10/18/2023
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6.6. External Memory Interfaces in Cyclone® V Devices Revision History

Document Version Changes
2022.07.05 Updated the table that lists the hard memory controller widths for Cyclone® V E devices to add information for package U484 of the Cyclone® V E A9 device.
Date Version Changes
March 2015 2015.03.31
  • Removed all preliminary data.
  • Updated values for C4 and C5 devices with 301pin MBGA package in Number of DQ/DQS Groups Per Side in Cyclone GX Devices table.
  • Updated number of DQ/DQS groups for the right side of the C4 and C5 devices with 672 pin FBGA package x16 device in Number of DQ/DQS Groups Per Side in Cyclone V GX Devices table.
  • Updated values for D5 with 301 pin Micro FineLine BGA package in Number of DQ/DQS Groups Per Side in Cyclone V GT Devices table.
  • Updated number of DQ/DQS groups for the right side of the D5 device with 672 pin FBGA package x16 device in Number of DQ/DQS Groups Per Side in Cyclone V GT Devices table.
January 2015 2015.01.23
  • Added Cyclone® V SE device in the Guideline: Using DQ/DQS Pins to clarify that the DQ/DQS pins for all Cyclone® V devices with SoC cannot be used as user I/Os.
June 2014 2014.06.30
  • Added links to the Cyclone® V Device Overview for more information about which device feature option supports the hard memory controllers.
January 2014 2014.01.10
  • Added Cyclone® V SE DLL reference clock input information.
  • Added the DQ/DQS groups table for Cyclone® V SE.
  • Added the DQS pins and DLLs figure for Cyclone® V SE.
  • Added the PHYCLK networks figure for Cyclone® V SE.
  • Updated the DQ/DQS numbers for the M383 package of Cyclone® V E, GX, and GT variants.
  • Removed the statement about the bottom hard memory controller restrictions in the figure that shows the Cyclone® V GX C5 hard memory controller bonding.
  • Added information about the hard memory controller interface widths for the Cyclone® V SE.
  • Added the HPS hard memory controller widths for Cyclone® V SE, SX, and ST.
  • Added related information link to ALTDQ_DQS2 Megafunction User Guide for more information about using the delay chains.
  • Changed all "SoC FPGA" to "SoC".
  • Added links to Altera's External Memory Spec Estimator tool to the topics listing the external memory interface performance.
  • Updated the topic about using DQ/DQS pins to specify that only some specific DQ pins can also be used as RZQ pins.
  • Updated the topic about DQS delay chain to remove statements about using delayctrlin[6..0] signals in UniPHY IP to input your own gray-coded 7 bit settings. This mode is not recommended with the UniPHY controllers.
  • Updated topic about hard memory controller bonding support to specify that bonding is supported only for hard memory controllers configured with one port.
May 2013 2013.05.06
  • Moved all links to the Related Information section of respective topics for easy reference.
  • Added link to the known document issues in the Knowledge Base.
  • Added the supported minimum operating frequencies for the supported memory interface standards.
  • Added packages and updated the DQ/DQS groups of Cyclone® V E, GX, GT, and SX devices.
  • Added the number of MPFE command, write-data, and read-data ports for each Cyclone V E, GX, and GT device.
  • Added a note about the usable hard memory controller pin assignments for the F484 package of the Cyclone® V E A9, GX C9, and GT D9 devices.
  • Updated the M386 package to M383.
  • Removed the F672 package from the Cyclone® V E A5 device in the table listing Cyclone® V E hard memory controller widths.
  • Added the U484 package for the Cyclone® V GX C9 device in the table listing Cyclone® V GX hard memory controller widths.
  • Updated the hard memory controller widths of Cyclone® V E, GX, SX, and ST.
  • Removed the restrictions on using the bottom hard memory controller of the Cyclone® V GX C5 device if the configuration is 3.3/3.0 V.
  • Added note to clarify that the DQS phase-shift circuitry figures show all possible connections and the device pin-out files have per package information.
December 2012 2012.11.28
  • Reorganized content and updated template.
  • Added a list of supported external memory interface standards using the hard memory controller and soft memory controller.
  • Added performance information for external memory interfaces and the HPS external memory interfaces.
  • Separated the DQ/DQS groups tables into separate topics for each device variant for easy reference.
  • Updated the DQ/DQS numbers and device packages for the Cyclone V E, GX, GT, SX, and ST variants.
  • Moved the PHYCLK networks pin placement guideline to the Planning Pin and FPGA Resources chapter of the External Memory Interface Handbook.
  • Moved information from the "Design Considerations" section into relevant topics.
  • Removed the "DDR2 SDRAM Interface" and "DDR3 SDRAM DIMM" sections. Refer to the relevant sections in the External Memory Interface Handbook for the information.
  • Added the I/O and DQS configuration blocks topic.
  • Updated the term "Multiport logic" to "multi-port front end" (MPFE).
  • Added information about the hard memory controller interface widths for the Cyclone V E, GX, GT, SX, and ST variants.
June 2012 2.0

Updated for the Quartus II software v12.0 release:

  • Restructured chapter.
  • Updated “Design Considerations”, “DQS Postamble Circuitry”, and “IOE Registers”sections.
  • Added SoC devices information.
  • Added Figure 6–5, Figure 6–10, and Figure 6–21.
February 2012 1.2
  • Updated Figure 6–20.
  • Minor text edits.
November 2011 1.1
  • Updated Table 6–2.
  • Added Figure 6–2.
October 2011 1.0

Initial release.