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Memory Controllers
2.3Memory Controllers
The C64x+ Megamodule implements a
The following controllers manage RAM/cache configuration and cache data paths:
∙L1P controller
∙L1D controller
∙L2 controller
∙External memory controller (EMC)
The internal direct memory access (IDMA) controller manages DMA among the L1P, L1D, and L2 memories.
This section briefly describes the cache and DMA controllers. For detailed information about each of these controllers, see the TMS320C64x+ DSP Cache User’s Guide (SPRU862) and the TMS320C64x+ DSP Megamodule Reference Guide (SPRU871).
Note: The C64x+ Megamodule includes the memory controllers; however, the physical L1P, L1D, and L2 memories are not part of the megamodule, even though they reside in the DSP subsystem. Thus, the physical memories are described separately because the C64x+ Megamodule supports a variety of memory configurations. Refer to Section 3.1 for more information on the L1P, L1D, and L2 memory configuration specific to the DM643x DMP.
2.3.1 L1P Controller
The L1P controller is the hardware interface between level 1 program memory (L1P memory) and the other components in the C64x+ Megamodule (for example, C64x+ CPU, L2 controller, and EMC). The L1P controller responds to instruction fetch requests from the C64x+ CPU and manages transfer operations between L1P memory and the L2 controller and between L1P memory and the EMC.
Refer to the
The L1P is divided into two
∙L1P region 0: Not populated with memory.
∙L1P region 1: Populated with memory that can be configured as mapped memory or cache. The L1P region 1 memory has 0 wait state. This region is shown as “L1P RAM/Cache” in the
The DM643x DMP does not support the L1P memory protection feature of the standard C64x+ Megamodule.
Refer to the TMS320C64x+ DSP Cache User’s Guide (SPRU862) and to the L1P controller section of the TMS320C64x+ DSP Megamodule Reference Guide (SPRU871) for more information on the L1P controller and for a description of its control registers.
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