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1.4.1. Inferring RAM functions from HDL Code
Synthesis tools typically consider all signals and variables that have a multi-dimensional array type and then create a RAM block, if applicable. This is based on the way the signals or variables are assigned or referenced in the HDL source description.
Standard synthesis tools recognize single-port and simple dual-port (one read port and one write port) RAM blocks. Some synthesis tools (such as the Intel® Quartus® Prime software) also recognize true dual-port (two read ports and two write ports) RAM blocks that map to the memory blocks in certain Intel FPGA devices.
Some tools (such as the Intel® Quartus® Prime software) also infer memory blocks for array variables and signals that are referenced (read/written) by two indexes, to recognize mixed-width and byte-enabled RAMs for certain coding styles.
- Use Synchronous Memory Blocks
- Avoid Unsupported Reset and Control Conditions
- Check Read-During-Write Behavior
- Controlling RAM Inference and Implementation
- Single-Clock Synchronous RAM with Old Data Read-During-Write Behavior
- Single-Clock Synchronous RAM with New Data Read-During-Write Behavior
- Simple Dual-Port, Dual-Clock Synchronous RAM
- True Dual-Port Synchronous RAM
- Mixed-Width Dual-Port RAM
- RAM with Byte-Enable Signals
- Specifying Initial Memory Contents at Power-Up