Synopsys DDR3/2 SDRAM Protocol Controller

The Synopsys DDR3/2 Protocol Controller Core (PCTL) offers an efficient digital interface between a single on-chip interface and a DDR3 or DDR2 physical layer (PHY) in a DDR3/2 memory subsystem. The Synopsys Protocol Controller provides efficient DDR control and protocol translation without needing full-featured memory controller functions such as multiple application ports, quality of service (QoS) control and optimized memory read/write transaction reordering (often referred to as scheduling).

The PCTL is developed for use with proprietary memory schedulers, enabling the implementation of unique traffic requirements The PCTL takes a stream of pre-scheduled read and write commands in through a single application port. It then converts them to DDR protocol and intelligently schedules the precharge, bank activate and refresh commands to optimize the memory channel bandwidth. The PCTL also handles all initialization tasks for the memory subsystem including DRAM initialization and PHY data training. Used together with the Synopsys DDR3/2 PHY Cores and Verification IP, the Synopsys DDR3/2 IP solutions are the low-risk, highest performance, and most easily integrated DDR3/2 solutions in the market.

The DDR3/2 PCTL is compatible with all Synopsys DDR3/2 PHY IP.

Synopsys DDR Complete Solution Datasheet

DesignWare DDR3/2 IP Demo at 1600 Mbps

Live from DesignCon 2010, see how the DesignWare DDR3/2 IP enables automatic timing compensation for voltage and temperature changes, per bit deskew adjustments in the datapath, and on-chip capabilities for measuring write and read data eyes.

 

Highlights
  • Provides a complete, single vendor DDR3/DDR2 SDRAM interface solution, when combined with the Synopsys DDR3/2 PHY IP
  • Supports JEDEC-standard DDR3 and DDR2 protocols (JESD79-3 and JESD79-2, respectively)
  • Support for JEDEC-standard DDR3 and DDR2 UDIMMs and RDIMMs
  • Up to 2133Mbps supported with a maximum 533MHz PCTL clock
    • PCTL architecture uses a 4:1 data width conversion from NIF to DDRn
  • Enables automatic translation of application bus reads/writes to bank interleaved DDR3/DDR2 protocol commands (precharge, activate, read, write)
  • Efficient DDR protocol implementation with in-order Read and Write commands and efficiently scheduled out-of-order Activate and Precharge commands
  • Integrated DDR3/2 PHY Utility Block (PUB) - Automated RTL algorithms for PHY initialization/calibration and production test (for use with PUB-compatible DWC DDR3/2 PHYs)
  • Support for x8, x16, and x32 memories, for a total memory data path width of up to 72 bits
  • Support for partial population of memories, where not all DDRn byte lanes are populated with memory chips
  • Support for up to four memory ranks and up to 32 open memory banks
  • Programmable bank management policies: open-page, close-page
  • Three clock cycles best case command latency
  • 1T or 2T memory command timing
  • Automatic power-down entry and exit
  • Software-driven self-refresh entry and exit
  • Optional ECC generation and checking for 32-bit and 64-bit memory bus widths
  • Optional in-line ECC bits, allowing for external processing of ECC bits
  • Dual PCTL mode available to support two independent memory channels using one time multiplexed address and command lane (significant pin count savings)
  • APB interface for PCTL software-accessible registers