{"id":4550,"date":"2015-01-09T07:21:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T15:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2024-12-28T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:42:48","slug":"new-product-nexys4ddr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/new-product-nexys4ddr\/","title":{"rendered":"New Product&#8211; the Nexys 4 DDR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Nexys 4 DDR is now available for sale!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4554\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15985161665_3bf8de4540_z-600x537.png\" alt=\"Nexys4DDR\" width=\"600\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15985161665_3bf8de4540_z-600x537.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15985161665_3bf8de4540_z-225x201.png 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15985161665_3bf8de4540_z.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have been anxiously awaiting this board&#8217;s release ever since we received an end-of-life notice from Micron (our memory provider) on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digikey.com\/product-detail\/en\/MT45W8MW16BGX-701%20IT%20TR\/557-1444-2-ND\/2056252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MT45W8MW16BGX-701, cellular RAM<\/a> that we had been using on all of our Nexys-class products. Rather than strip features off the current Nexys 4, we decided to evolve the product line to accept DDR Memory (we surveyed our industry customers and \u00a0found that many of them preferred DDR memory in designs).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4552\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4552\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.48.35-AM-600x375.png\" alt=\"Screen shot from the Nexys4DDR launch video.\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.48.35-AM-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.48.35-AM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.48.35-AM-225x141.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen shot from the Nexys4DDR launch video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We worked on creating a custom memory access module that should be minimally different between the Nexys 4 and the Nexys 4 DDR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4551\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.40-AM-600x375.png\" alt=\"video clip of the Nexys4 DDR memory comparison\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.40-AM-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.40-AM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.40-AM-225x141.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since we were given advance notice of the memory obsolescence, we made a very large buy of memory to help pad the transition between the existing Nexys products to the Nexys 4 DDR.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions if your board\/course is affected, you can contact us on <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.digilent.com\/index.php?\/forum\/4-fpga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our forums.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4553\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4553\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.02-AM-600x375.png\" alt=\"If you are current Digilent Nexys customer, we recommend you review the Nexys4 DDR to see if you can migrate in the near future. \" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.02-AM-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.02-AM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.02-AM-225x141.png 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-09-at-6.51.02-AM-800x500.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you are current Digilent Nexys customer, we recommend you review the Nexys4 DDR to see if you can migrate in the near future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Please, check out the product page and watch our introduction video for more information!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nexys4-DDR introduction\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nk__TzBZ6_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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We have been anxiously awaiting this board&#8217;s release ever since we received an end-of-life notice from Micron (our memory provider) about cellular RAM that we had been using on all of our Nexys-class products. Rather than strip features off the current Nexys4, we decided to evolve the product line to accept DDR Memory. 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