Motorola DSP56301 Bus Page Logic Enable, Bus Dram Page Size, Bus Row Out-of-page Wait States

Bus Interface Unit (BIU) Registers

Table 4-10.DRAM Control Register (DCR) Bit Definitions (Continued)

Bit	Bit Name	Reset	Description
Number		Value
11	BPLE	0	Bus Page Logic Enable
			Enables/disables the in-page identifying logic. When BPLE is set, it enables the page
			logic (the page size is defined by BPS[1–0] bits). Each in-page identification causes the
			DRAM controller to drive only the column address (and the associated CAS signal).
			When BPLE is cleared, the page logic is disabled, and the DRAM controller always
			accesses the external DRAM in out-of-page accesses (for example, row address with
			RAS assertion and then column address with CAS assertion). This mode is useful for
			low power dissipation. Only one in-page identifying logic exists. Therefore, during
			switches from one DRAM external bank to another DRAM bank (the DRAM external
			banks are defined by the access type bits in the AARs, different external banks are
			accessed through different AA/RAS pins), a page fault occurs.
10		0	Reserved. Write to zero for future compatibility.
9–8	BPS[1–0]	0	Bus DRAM Page Size
			Defines the size of the external DRAM page and thus the number of the column
			address bits. The internal page mechanism works according to these bits only if the
			page logic is enabled (by the BPLE bit). The four combinations of BPS[1–0] enable the
			use of many DRAM sizes (1 M bit, 4 M bit, 16 M bit, and 64 M bit). The encoding of
			BPS[1–0] is:
			ν 00 = 9-bit column width, 512 words
			ν 01 = 10-bit column width, 1 K words
			ν 10 = 11-bit column width, 2 K words
			ν 11 = 12-bit column width, 4 K words
			When the row address is driven, all 24 bits of the external address bus are driven [for
			example, if BPS[1–0] = 01, when driving the row address, the 14 MSBs of the internal
			address (XAB, YAB, PAB, or DAB) are driven on address lines A[0–13], and the
			address lines A[14–23] are driven with the 10 MSBs of the internal address. This
			method enables the use of different DRAMs with the same page size.
7–4		0	Reserved. Write to zero for future compatibility.
3–2	BRW[1–0]	0	Bus Row Out-of-page Wait States
			Defines the number of wait states that should be inserted into each DRAM out-of-page
			access. The encoding of BRW[1–0] is:
			ν 00 = 4 wait states for each out-of-page access
			ν 01 = 8 wait states for each out-of-page access
			ν 10 = 11 wait states for each out-of-page access
			ν 11 = 15 wait states for each out-of-page access
1–0	BCW[1–0]	0	Bus Column In-Page Wait State
			Defines the number of wait states to insert for each DRAM in-page access. The
			encoding of BCW[1–0] is:
			ν 00 = 1 wait state for each in-page access
			ν 01 = 2 wait states for each in-page access
			ν 10 = 3 wait states for each in-page access
			ν 11 = 4 wait states for each in-page access

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