External Memory Interfaces (EMIF) IP User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 7/08/2024
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3.2.2. Agilex™ 5 EMIF Architecture: I/O SSM

Each HSIO bank includes one I/O subsystem manager (I/O SSM), which contains a hardened processor with dedicated memory. The I/O SSM is responsible for calibration of all the EMIFs in the I/O bank.

The I/O SSM includes dedicated memory which stores both the calibration algorithm and calibration run-time data. The hardened processor and the dedicated memory can be used only by an external memory interface, and cannot be employed for any other use.

The on-chip configuration network clocks the I/O SSM, and therefore the I/O SSM does not consume a PLL.

Each EMIF instance must be connected to the I/O SSM through the External Memory Interfaces Calibration IP. The Calibration IP exposes a calibration bus master port, which must be connected to the slave calibration bus port on every EMIF instance.