I'm doing a Virtex-II Pro design that uses DDR SDRAM SODIMM modules as data storage. There's a possibility (because DDR and DDR2 SODIMMs are footprint compatible) to support the upcoming DDR2 modules in this design too. Now, there's a problem: DDR2 SDRAM supports the use of differential signaling on data strobe lines (DQS). However, these signals are still 1.8V SSTL. Virtex-II Pro device (or maybe ISE software) seem not to support differential SSTL IO. So, the question is: do the specific hardware resources in Virtex-II Pro exist to support DDR2 differential IO, or, if not, that are the possible workarounds for this besides from just not using the DDR2 differential IO at all? Regards, Bob
Virtex-II Pro and DDR2 SDRAM differential IO
Started by ●December 28, 2003