P2020NXE2KFC DDR3-667 clocking

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P2020NXE2KFC DDR3-667 clocking

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stefanvranken
Contributor II

Hello,

For peace of mind, do you see anything wrong in next clocking setup ?

P2020NXE2KFC

K : cpu frequency (H=800, K=1000, M=1200,N=1333)

F : ddr speed = datarate in Mbps (F = 667; H=800)  << mclk_freq Mhz = (333;400)

platform CCB frequency = 66.66 (sys-clk) x 6 (pll-ccb) ~ 400 Mhz

CCB-freq range for Core[1000M] : 266 Mhz min ; 533 Mhz max

core:CCB clk ratio=2.5:1

core-freq= 400 x 2.5 = 1000 Mhz

ddr3-datarate 667 Mbps is higher than ccb-clk frequency.

P2020-ddr-controller cannot be used in synchronous mode (its default mode)

use asynchronous mode : DDR-CLK-input = 66.66 Mhz

DDR: DDR-CLK ratio = 10:1  >> DDR-controller-internal-clock = 666.60 Mhz >> DDR-MCK-out=333.30 Mhz

ok, ddr3-sdram chip  min freq = 303 Mhz

AN4261-hw-design-checklist-rev4

Par 6.1.2 DDR Clocking Range

Table 12, note-4

Asynchronous mode requirement = ok :  ddr controller MCK output =333.3 Mhz is less than or equal to CCB-CLK = 400 Mhz.

Regards,

Stefan

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stefanvranken
Contributor II

Hi bulat,

I have never used ddr-controller in asynchronous mode.

Does asynchronous mode require any specific ddr-controller register-settings (timing) ?

Other question : 667Mbps datarate is higher than 400Mhz platform-ccb-clock. Does this mean that performance of P2020-cpu-core is restricted  if core cannot execute instructions from on-chip caches ?

Stefan.

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Bulat
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

1) No, asynchronous mode does not require any special setting in the DDR controller.

2) Performance of the core is not affected. Note that the system bus supports 128-bit operations at 400MHz. Or in other words 400MHz CCB operations effectively look like 800Mhz at 64-bit bus.

Regards,

Bulat

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Bulat
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Everything looks ok. What is your doubt?

Regards,

Bulat

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