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Quad SPI Flash Controller
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The hard processor system (HPS) provides a quad serial peripheral interface (SPI) flash controller for access
to serial NOR flash devices. The quad SPI flash controller supports standard SPI flash devices as well as high-
performance dual and quad SPI flash devices. The quad SPI flash controller is based on Cadence
®
Quad SPI
Flash Controller (QSPI_FLASH_CTRL).
Features of the Quad SPI Flash Controller
The quad SPI flash controller supports the following features:
• Single, dual, and quad I/O commands
• Device frequencies up to 108 MHz
• Direct access and indirect access modes
• External direct memory access (DMA) controller support for indirect transfers
• Configurable polarity, phase, and delay
• Programmable write-protected regions
• Local buffering with error correction code (ECC) logic for indirect transfers
• Up to four devices
• eXecute-In-Place (XIP) flash devices
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