Re: Flash Prom Size

On 29 Aug 2005 06:06:51 -0700, "NAV" <anandnavin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
comp.arch.embedded:

> Hi All:
> I am in the process of development of code with some for controlling
> some FPGA's, I am hitting a road block where the Flash Prom size is
> smaller than the code size. Can anyone let me know if there are any
> compression algorithms for compressing data into flash and decompress
> when loading it into the FPGA's...
>
> If there are any links I would appreciate if you could direct to them
>
> Thanks in advance

That depends on a lot of things. How is the code getting from the
flash and into the FPGA? Is it an automatic device from the FPGA
manufacturer, or is there a microcontroller or microprocessor in
between? What is the format of the data in the flash? Is it already
binary or in some sort of text representation, like JEDEC or some
proprietary format? Who is the manufacturer of the FPGA?

And finally, why can't you use a larger flash?

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