
Virtex-II Platform FPGAs: Detailed Description
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DS031-2 (v3.0) August 1, 2003
Product Specification
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Single-Port Configuration
As a single-port RAM, the block SelectRAM has access to
the 18 Kbit memory locations in any of the 2K x 9-bit,
1K x 18-bit, or 512 x 36-bit configurations and to 16 Kbit
memory locations in any of the 16K x 1-bit, 8K x 2-bit, or
4K x 4-bit configurations. The advantage of the 9-bit, 18-bit
and 36-bit widths is the ability to store a parity bit for each
eight bits. Parity bits must be generated or checked exter-
nally in user logic. In such cases, the width is viewed as 8 +
1, 16 + 2, or 32 + 4. These extra parity bits are stored and
behave exactly as the other bits, including the timing param-
eters. Video applications can use the 9-bit ratio of Virtex-II
block SelectRAM memory to advantage.
E
ach block SelectRAM cell is a fully synchronous memory
as illustrated in
Figure 29
. Input data bus and output data
bus widths are identical.
Dual-Port Configuration
As a dual-port RAM, each port of block SelectRAM has
access to a common 18 Kbit memory resource. These are
fully synchronous ports with independent control signals for
each port. The data widths of the two ports can be config-
ured independently, providing built-in bus-width conversion.
Table 14
illustrates the different configurations available on
ports A & B.
If both ports are configured in either 2K x 9-bit, 1K x 18-bit,
or 512 x 36-bit configurations, the 18 Kbit block is accessi-
ble from port A or B. If both ports are configured in either
16K x 1-bit, 8K x 2-bit. or 4K x 4-bit configurations, the
16 K-bit block is accessible from Port A or Port B. All other
configurations result in one port having access to an 18 Kbit
memory block and the other port having access to a 16 K-bit
subset of the memory block equal to 16 Kbits.
Figure 29:
18 Kbit Block SelectRAM Memory in
Single-Port Mode
DOP
DIP
ADDR
WE
EN
SSR
CLK
18 Kbit Block SelectRAM
DS031_10_071602
DI
DO
Table 14:
Dual-Port Mode Configurations
Port A
16K x 1
16K x 1
16K x 1
16K x 1
16K x 1
16K x 1
Port B
16K x 1
8K x 2
4K x 4
2K x 9
1K x 18
512 x 36
Port A
8K x 2
8K x 2
8K x 2
8K x 2
8K x 2
Port B
8K x 2
4K x 4
2K x 9
1K x 18
512 x 36
Port A
4K x 4
4K x 4
4K x 4
4K x 4
Port B
4K x 4
2K x 9
1K x 18
512 x 36
Port A
2K x 9
2K x 9
2K x 9
Port B
2K x 9
1K x 18
512 x 36
Port A
1K x 18
1K x 18
Port B
1K x 18
512 x 36
Port A
512 x 36
Port B
512 x 36