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Cyclone III Device Handbook

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Chapter 3: Memory Blocks in the Cyclone III Device Family

Design Considerations

3–15

Read or Write Clock Mode

Cyclone III device family M9K memory blocks can implement read or write clock

mode for FIFO and simple dual-port memories. In this mode, a write clock controls

the data inputs, write address, and wren registers. Similarly, a read clock controls the

data outputs, read address, and rden registers. M9K memory blocks support

independent clock enables for both the read and write clocks.

When using read or write mode, if you perform a simultaneous read or write to the

same address location, the output read data is unknown. If you require the output

data to be a known value, use either single-clock mode, input clock mode, or output

clock mode and choose the appropriate read-during-write behavior in the

MegaWizard Plug-In Manager.

Single-Clock Mode

Cyclone III device family M9K memory blocks can implement single-clock mode for

FIFO, ROM, true dual-port, simple dual-port, and single-port memories. In this mode,

you can control all registers of the M9K memory block with a single clock together

with clock enable.

Design Considerations

This section describes designing with M9K memory blocks.

Read-During-Write Operations

“Same-Port Read-During-Write Mode” on page 3–16 and “Mixed-Port Read-During-

Write Mode” on page 3–16 describe the functionality of the various RAM

configurations when reading from an address during a write operation at that same

address.

There are two read-during-write data flows: same-port and mixed-port. Figure 3–14

shows the difference between these flows.

Figure 3–14. Cyclone III Device Family Read-During-Write Data Flow

write_a

Port A

data in

Port B

data in

write_b

read_a

Port A

data out

Port B

data out

Mixed-port

data flow

Same-port

data flow

read_b

December 2011 Altera Corporation

Cyclone III Device Handbook

Volume 1

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