User guide

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System Requirements
External Memory Interface Handbook Volume 3 December 2010 Altera Corporation
Section II. DDR3 SDRAM Controller with ALTMEMPHY IP User Guide
System Requirements
The DDR3 SDRAM Controller with ALTMEMPHY IP is a part of the MegaCore IP
Library, which is distributed with the Quartus II software and downloadable from the
Altera
website, www.altera.com.
f For system requirements and installation instructions, refer to Altera Software
Installation & Licensing.
Installation and Licensing
Figure 1–2 shows the directory structure after you install the DDR3 SDRAM
Controller with ALTMEMPHY IP, where <path> is the installation directory. The
default installation directory on Windows is c:\altera\<version>; on Linux it is
/opt/altera<version>.
You need a license for the MegaCore function only when you are completely satisfied
with its functionality and performance, and want to take your design to production.
To use the DDR3 SDRAM HPC, you can request a license file from the Altera web site
at www.altera.com/licensing and install it on your computer. When you request a
license file, Altera emails you a license.dat file. If you do not have Internet access,
contact your local representative.
To use the DDR3 SDRAM HPC II, contact your local sales representative to order a
license.
Table 1–10. Resource Utilization in Stratix IV Devices
Local Data Width
(Bits)
Memory Width
(Bits)
Combinational
ALUTs
Dedicated Logic
Registers
Memory
(M9K)
32 8 2,427 1,773 2
64 16 2,496 1,914 3
256 64 2,887 2,774 9
288 72 2,981 2,924 10
Figure 1–2. Directory Structure
<path>
ddr3_high_perf
Contains the DDR3 SDRAM Controller with ALTMEMPHY IP files.
lib
Contains encypted lower-level design files and other support files.
common
Contains shared components.
Installation directory.
ip
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library and third-party IP cores.
r
altera
Contains the Altera MegaCore IP Library.