>>>> "Keith" == Keith
<keithvz at verizon.net> writes:
Keith> Paul Koning wrote:
> What is "right formfactor"?
Keith> Fairly easy package for hobbyists to work with -- and the
Keith> proper tech specs as mentioned.
TQPF fits that test in my book...
> 8 Mbit or 8 MByte?
Keith> 8 megabytes.
> As I recall, several of the FPGA eval boards
(Xilinx Virtex, for
> one) come with sync SRAM.
Keith> I have the Spartan 3E that comes with DDR DRAM. The older 3
Keith> board comes with 1 megabyte of SRAM.
Keith> I haven't seen a reasonably priced FPGA eval board with enough
Keith> SRAM to do the trick.
I can believe that; chances are that it would come with one chip, and
you can't get 8 MB SRAM in one chip.
If you're willing to build your own board, you could put 4 of the
512kx36 SSSRAMs I mentioned onto a board. It could probably be a
daughterboard, to plug into an FPGA eval board that has an expansion
connector. (If that doesn't work, life gets harder because you may
not be able to get a decent FPGA in a package other than BGA. I don't
know about you, but I draw the line there for hobbyist projects...)
I'm still sorting through this for a project I'm working on that needs
2 M x 60 bit memory... that seems to be too much for sane SRAM.
Fortunately I can cope with DRAM latencies there.
paul