Inline Encryption Restrictions - Inline Encryption Restrictions - 1.0 English - PG456

Integrated DDR5/LPDDR5/5X Memory Controller LogiCORE IP Product Guide (PG456)

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PG456
Release_Date
2026-08-07
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1.0 English
Table 1. Inline Encryption Restrictions
Restriction Details
DDRMC5X: no Crypto block Inline encryption is not available on DDRMC5X. Inline ECC is available on all three variants without restriction.
CA Parity Retry incompatible Disabled when inline ECC or Crypto is enabled. No DDRMC5 variant supports DDR5 RCD CA Parity Retry with either feature active. CA Parity error detection remains functional; only retry is disabled, making CA Parity errors fatal in these configurations.
XTS: no AXI exclusive access Exclusive AXI transactions to XTS-AES-256 encrypted regions are not supported on DDRMC5 or DDRMC5C. Exclusive access to AES-GCM or unencrypted regions is supported normally.
GCM: WAR hazard checking AES-GCM requires Write-After-Read (WAR) address hazard checking in the DRAM Controller Transaction Queue (TXNQ) in addition to standard RAW and WAW checking. Automatically configured when GCM is enabled.
GCM: DRAM bandwidth overhead GCM reduces throughput to 2 GB/s. Use XTS-AES-256 for large regions where this is unacceptable.
No dynamic region resize Encrypted region sizes and key allocations are fixed at boot time. A full Power-On Reset is required to change them.
Interleave constraint For encrypted interleaved designs: interleave granularity must satisfy interleave size ≤ (region size/number of interleave ways).