Use of Multi-Port Memories in Programmable Structures for Architectural Synthesis - Innovative Systems in Silicon, 1996. Proceedings., Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference on

In this paper we make a study of the capabzlities required of memories to su the synthesis of designs using structured archztectures. We explore the advantag using multi-port memories with two write ports as an architectural component over conventional memories with a single write port in such a synthesis environment. A study the of the memory resources auazlable an some of the current Faeld Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) is made. We then propose a multz-port memory structure that could be suetable for use zn programmable structures such as FPGAs, to faczlitate implementations of designs through HLS. The princapal advantages of the proposed memory structure are its flexibilzty, simplzcity and its ability to support more eficient execution of operations than existing memory structures.