Comparing the Xilinx MIG with an open source DDR3 controller

Last year, I had the wonderful opportunity of mentoring Angelo as he built an open source DDR3 SDRAM controller . Today, I have the opportunity to compare this controller with AMD (Xilinx)’s Memory Interface Generator (MIG) solution to the same problem. Let’s take a look to see which one is faster, better, and/or cheaper. Design differences Before diving into the comparison, it’s worth…