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Processor and memory subsystem (BORAXpress)

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<section begin="Body" />== Processor and memory subsystem = Design Overview =
The heart of Bora Xpress module is composed of the following components:
This chapter shortly describes the main Bora Xpress components.
=== Processor Info ===
The Zynq™-7000 family is based on the Xilinx Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) architecture. These products integrate a feature-rich dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 based processing system (PS) and 28 nm Xilinx programmable logic (PL) in a single device. The ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs are the heart of the PS and also include on-chip memory, external memory interfaces, and a rich set of peripheral connectivity interfaces.
The processors in the PS always boot first, allowing a software centric approach for PL system boot and PL configuration. The PL can be configured as part of the boot process or configured at some point in the future. Additionally, the PL can be completely reconfigured or used with partial, dynamic reconfiguration (PR). PR allows configuration of a portion of the PL. This enables optional design changes such as updating coefficients or time-multiplexing of the PL resources by swapping in new algorithms as needed.
Bora BORA Xpress can mount two versions of the Zynq processor. The following table shows a comparison between the processor models, highlighting the differences:
{| class="wikitable" |
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Processor'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Programmable logic cells'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''LUTs'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Flip flops'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Total Block RAM'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''DSP slices'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Peak DSP performance (Symmetric FIR)'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Serial Tranceivers'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="center"|'''Peak Serial Transceiver performance'''
|-
| XC7Z015 ||74K Logic Cells ||46200 ||92400 ||3.3 Mb ||160 ||200 GMACs ||GTP (4 Lanes)||6.25 Gb/s
| XC7Z030 ||125K Logic Cells ||78600 ||157200 ||9.3 Mb ||400 ||593 GMACs||GTX (4 Lanes)||6.6 Gb/s
|-
|+ align="bottom" style="caption-side: bottom" align="bottom" | Table: XC7-Z0x0 comparison
|}
=== RAM memory bank ===
DDR3 SDRAM memory bank is composed by 2x 16-bit width chips resulting in a 32-bit combined width bank. The following table reports the SDRAM specifications:
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=== NOR flash bank ===
NOR flash is a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) device. By default this device is connected to SPI channel 0 and acts as boot memory. The following table reports the NOR flash specifications:
| '''Size min'''||8 MB
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| '''Size max'''||16 MB - The limitation to max 16MB is due to this [https://support.xilinx.com/s/article/57744?language=en_US Errata from Xilinx]. The proposed solution by Xilinx has not been approved by DAVE Embedded Systems
|-
| '''Chip select'''||SPI_CS0n
|}
=== NAND flash bank ===
On board main storage memory is a 8-bit wide NAND flash. By default it is connected to chip select. The following table reports the NAND flash specifications:
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=== Power supply unit ===
Bora Xpress, as the other Ultra Line CPU modules, embeds all the elements required for powering the unit, therefore power sequencing is self-contained and simplified. Nevertheless, power must be provided from carrier board, and therefore users should be aware of the ranges power supply can assume as well as all other parameters. For detailed information, please refer to BORA Xpress [[Power_BORA_Xpress_SOM/BORA_Xpress_Hardware/Power_and_Reset/Power_Supply_Unit_(BORAXpressPSU)_and_recommended_power-up_sequence | power supply unit]]page.
=== CPU module connectors ===
All interface signals Bora provides are routed through three 140 pin 0.6mm pitch stacking connectors (named J1, J2 and J3). The dedicated carrier board must mount the mating connectors and connect the desired peripheral interfaces according to Bora BORA Xpress [[BORA_Xpress_SOM/BORA_Xpress_Hardware/Pinout_Table | pinout specifications]].<section end="Body" />
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