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Cyclone III Device Handbook

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Chapter 3: Memory Blocks in the Cyclone III Device Family

Memory Modes

3–11

True Dual-Port Mode

True dual-port mode supports any combination of two-port operations: two reads,

two writes, or one read and one write, at two different clock frequencies. Figure 3–11

shows the Cyclone III device family true dual-port memory configuration.

Figure 3–11. Cyclone III Device Family True Dual-Port Memory (1)

data_a[ ]

address_a[ ]

wren_a

byteena_a[]

addressstall_a

clock_a

clocken_a

rden_a

aclr_a

q_a[]

data_b[ ]

address_b[]

wren_b

byteena_b[]

addressstall_b

clock_b

clocken_b

rden_b

aclr_b

q_b[]

Note to Figure 3–11:

(1) True dual-port memory supports input or output clock mode in addition to the independent clock mode shown.

1 The widest bit configuration of the M9K blocks in true dual-port mode is 512 × 16-bit

(18-bit with parity).

Table 3–4 lists the possible M9K block mixed-port width configurations.

Table 3–4. Cyclone III Device Family M9K Block Mixed-Width Configurations (True Dual-Port

Mode)

Read Port

8192 × 1

4096 × 2

2048 × 4

1024 × 8

512 × 16

1024 × 9

512 × 18

8192 × 1

v

v

v

v

v

—

—

4096 × 2

v

v

v

v

v

—

—

Write Port

2048 × 4

v

v

v

v

v

—

—

1024 × 8

v

v

v

v

v

—

—

512 × 16

v

v

v

v

v

—

—

1024 × 9

—

—

—

—

—

v

v

512 × 18

—

—

—

—

—

v

v

In true dual-port mode, M9K memory blocks support separate wren and rden signals.

You can save power by keeping the rden signal low (inactive) when not reading.

Read-during-write operations to the same address can either output “New Data” at

that location or “Old Data”. To choose the desired behavior, set the Read-During-

Write option to either New Data or Old Data in the RAM MegaWizard Plug-In

Manager in the Quartus II software. For more information about this behavior, refer to

“Read-During-Write Operations” on page 3–15.

December 2011 Altera Corporation

Cyclone III Device Handbook

Volume 1

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