From b0b65eecf40616f0840f55cfcf8baae0543d2f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ataberk Olgun Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:30:14 +0200 Subject: Update README.md Update readme with more resources and pictures --- README.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c2e7986..4f9d30e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ DRAM Bender is an experimental FPGA-based memory controller design that can be used to develop tests for DDR4 [SO/R/U]DIMMs. DRAM Bender currently supports the *Bittware XUSP3S, XUPP3R, XUPVVH and Xilinx Alveo U200* boards. +

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+ An example DRAM Bender prototype. +

+ + + DRAM Bender is the next version of the [SoftMC memory testing infrastructure](https://github.com/CMU-SAFARI/SoftMC). DRAM Bender introduces general purpose registers and a brand new DRAM Bender ISA to provide a programmable memory controller. We provide a) prebuilt binaries for quick installation and b) the source code (both in Verilog and C++) that you can modify as you wish. @@ -25,6 +32,12 @@ Below is bibtex format for citation. } ``` +## More DRAM Bender Resources + +[DRAM Bender Tutorial Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklVEsfdZCI): 43-minute tutorial on how to set up and use DRAM Bender. + +[ETH Projects & Seminars Course on DRAM Bender](https://safari.ethz.ch/projects_and_seminars/spring2023/doku.php?id=softmc) + ## Prior Works that Use DRAM Bender We provide the sources to reproduce the results of two prior work: U-TRR ([PDF](https://people.inf.ethz.ch/omutlu/pub/U-TRR-uncovering-RowHammer-protection-mechanisms_micro21.pdf)) and QUAC-TRNG ([PDF](https://people.inf.ethz.ch/omutlu/pub/QUAC-TRNG-DRAM_isca21.pdf)). @@ -97,8 +110,17 @@ We provide a set of bitstreams in the `prebuilt` directory under four directorie

* XUPP3R: We provide three bitstreams for: (1) single rank x4 RDIMMs, (2) dual rank x8 RDIMMs, (3) single rank x8 UDIMMs. + +

+ +

+ * XUPVVH: We provide a single bitstream for x4 RDIMMs. +

+ +

+ We provide a script (```prebuild/programFPGA.sh```) that programs the FPGA according to user-specified board, DIMM slot, DIMM type, the number of ranks and the DQ width. Run the script as ```./programFPGA.sh ``` ### 1) Installing the Xilinx XDMA driver: -- cgit v1.2.3