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Implementing an AXI-Streaming delay pipeline when reading data from XPM RAM
FPGA

Implementing an AXI-Streaming delay pipeline when reading data from XPM RAM

A neat trick to take advantage of a pipelining opportunity with XPM RAM.
Exploring Xilinx XPM Memory
FPGA

Exploring Xilinx XPM Memory

The XPM_MEMORY components from Xilinx offer lots of facilities, even having more generics than ports. This means that the generics values need to be tailored carefully to be compatible. Is there a more convenient abstraction that can be derived for…
Verification of Clock Domain Crossing Topologies
FPGA

Verification of Clock Domain Crossing Topologies

There are too many ways in which it is possible to mess up clock domain crossings in digital electronics. This post explores Xilinx's report_cdc TCL command and how well it recognises some of the risks you may have missed.
Cascade Block RAMs for Larger Memories
VHDL

Cascade Block RAMs for Larger Memories

Making the least of Xilinx BlockRAM "cascade logic" for performance.