RPC® Memory Controller IP: Specifically designed for industrial applications
Accelerating design cycles and reducing development risk are key requirements when building complex FPGA systems. Instead of designing every function from scratch, integrating pre-verified IP cores allows engineers to save time and ensure smooth integration.
Citrobits has designed the RPC® Memory Controller IP interfaced with the Etron Technology RPC DRAM® Component supporting many applications—particularly those requiring high-bandwidth external memory in compact, low-pin-count, low-power systems.
RPC® Memory Controller provides simplified user interface which supports data width of 64- and 128-bits and can handle up to 2 Ranks with a capacity of 512 Mb (2 x 256 Mb). The design has been implemented in Verilog HDL using Lattice Radiant™ software, a powerful optimization and analysis tool – chosen as the Engineering Development/ Design Tool of the year in 2023 at the Electronics Industry Awards.
Optimized for low-power, space-efficient Lattice CertusPro™-NX FPGAs, this IP core—powered by the Synplify Pro® synthesis tool within the Radiant software—delivers up to 7.3 Mb of on-chip memory, making it a perfect fit for high-performance machine vision, frame grabbers, and smart camera applications.
Thanks to its high performance, the RPC® Memory Controller IP serves as an efficient buffer for data-intensive tasks such as video processing, AI inference, and sensor data acquisition. This makes it a great choice for edge vision and AI devices, including smart industrial cameras for defect detection or barcode reading, gesture recognition systems, drones, AR/VR applications, and quality inspection cameras.
“With the RPC® Memory Controller, our goal was to give engineers a reliable, high-performance external memory solution that simplifies system design without compromising on efficiency or scalability,” said Pablo Leyva Camacho, Co-Founder at Citrobits. “We designed this IP to integrate seamlessly with the latest low-power FPGAs, helping developers bring intelligent, compact, and high-performance edge devices to market faster.”
“Delivering customer-centric innovation is a top priority for all Lattice innovation and our robust partner ecosystem plays a key role in ensuring our customers have a variety of ways to optimize their designs. Congratulations to Lattice Partner Program member Citrobits for delivering an IP solution that helps customers simplify system design and accelerate time-to-market of Industrial vision and AI applications with remarkable bandwidth and responsiveness.” added Kambiz Khalilian, Sr. Director, Ecosystem Partnerships at Lattice Semiconductor.
Please find more information about RPC® Memory Controller IP at Citrobits website.
