Re: GA144 Application Board

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From	Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl>
Subject	Re: GA144 Application Board
Date	2012-03-23 12:38 +0000
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In article <7xobro3c0f.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
Paul Rubin  <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>> With the limited internal ram, yes, external RAM is required.  I find
>> it interesting that with the internal word size being 18 bits, the GA
>> eval board and SRAM board have 16 bit memory.  I looked for 18 bit
>> memory, but it seems to be very expensive now.  At one time it was
>> quite common and not so expensive.
>
>Albert mentioned PC memory, and it occurs to me, PC memory is almost
>always DIMM format, 32 bits wide (consumer PC's) or 36 bits(?)
>(workstations and servers, for ECC).  Maybe you could use a 36 bit
>module as two 18 bit words, or even use a 32 bit module as 18 bit
>memory, simply discarding 14 of the bits.

You missed something. PC memory is modules consisting of chips.
We are talking the chips here, and they come in 16-bit wide versions.

Groetjes Albert


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  Re: GA144 Application Board Rafael Deliano <Rafael_Deliano@arcor.de> - 2012-03-11 10:10 +0100
    Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 04:33 -0700
      Re: GA144 Application Board emmanuel <emmanuel.said@cern.ch> - 2012-03-11 06:00 -0700
        Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 19:41 -0700
      Re: GA144 Application Board Rafael Deliano <Rafael_Deliano@arcor.de> - 2012-03-11 16:03 +0100
        Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-11 13:45 -0700
  Re: GA144 Application Board Jecel <jecel@merlintec.com> - 2012-03-11 12:33 -0700
  Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-11 19:45 +0000
    Re: GA144 Application Board Matthias Koch <koch@pci.uni-hannover.de> - 2012-03-15 14:11 +0100
  Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-14 19:53 -0700
    Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-20 20:15 -0700
      Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-21 13:08 +0000
        Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-21 12:13 -0700
          Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-22 11:36 +0000
            Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-22 17:50 +0000
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                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 11:51 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-25 12:06 +0000
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 12:50 -0700
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            Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 13:07 -0700
              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:54 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 15:00 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:15 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-23 17:32 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 12:01 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Jan Coombs <jan_2011-02@murray-microft.co.uk> - 2012-03-24 22:27 +0000
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 19:13 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-24 16:01 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 19:18 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 13:06 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 15:02 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 15:51 -0700
                Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 16:38 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2012-03-22 16:54 -0500
              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:17 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 14:52 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 12:34 +0000
              Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-23 10:24 -0700
            Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 14:22 +0000
      Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 08:12 -0700
        Re: GA144 Application Board Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-23 12:38 +0000
      Re: GA144 Application Board Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-22 08:52 -0700
        Re: GA144 Application Board rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 15:00 -0700
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