Memory Performance Optimizations for AXI4 Interface - 2023.1 English

The AXI4 interfaces typically connects to DDR memory controllers in the platform.

For best performance from the memory controller, the following is the recommended AXI interface behavior:

• Use an AXI data width that matches the native memory controller AXI data width, typically 512-bits.
• Do not use WRAP, FIXED, or sub-sized bursts.
• Use burst transfer as large as possible (up to 4k byte AXI4 protocol limit).
• Avoid use of deasserted write strobes. Deasserted write strobes can cause error-correction code (ECC) logic in the DDR memory controller to perform read-modify-write operations.
• Use pipelined AXI transactions.
• Avoid using threads if an AXI interface is only connected to one DDR controller.
• Avoid generating write address commands if the kernel does not have the ability to deliver the full write transaction (non-blocking write requests).
• Avoid generating read address commands if the kernel does not have the capacity to accept all the read data without back pressure (non-blocking read requests).
• If a read-only or write-only interfaces are desired, the ports of the unused channels can be commented out in the top level RTL file before the project is packaged into a kernel.
• Using multiple threads can cause larger resource requirements in the infrastructure IP between the kernel and the memory controllers.