// This FIFO exists to provide an intermediate point for the data on its // long trek from one RAM (in the buffer pool) to another (in the longfifo) // The shortfifo is more flexible in its placement since it is based on // distributed RAM // This one has the shortfifo on both the in and out sides. module fifo_cascade #(parameter WIDTH=32, SIZE=9) (input clk, input reset, input clear, input [WIDTH-1:0] datain, input src_rdy_i, // WRITE output dst_rdy_o, // not FULL output [WIDTH-1:0] dataout, output src_rdy_o, // not EMPTY input dst_rdy_i, // READ output [15:0] space, output [15:0] occupied); wire [WIDTH-1:0] data_int, data_int2; wire src_rdy_1, dst_rdy_1, src_rdy_2, dst_rdy_2; wire [4:0] s1_space, s1_occupied, s2_space, s2_occupied; wire [15:0] l_space, l_occupied; fifo_short #(.WIDTH(WIDTH)) head_fifo (.clk(clk),.reset(reset),.clear(clear), .datain(datain), .src_rdy_i(src_rdy_i), .dst_rdy_o(dst_rdy_o), .dataout(data_int), .src_rdy_o(src_rdy_1), .dst_rdy_i(dst_rdy_1), .space(s1_space),.occupied(s1_occupied) ); fifo_long #(.WIDTH(WIDTH),.SIZE(SIZE)) middle_fifo (.clk(clk),.reset(reset),.clear(clear), .datain(data_int), .src_rdy_i(src_rdy_1), .dst_rdy_o(dst_rdy_1), .dataout(data_int2), .src_rdy_o(src_rdy_2), .dst_rdy_i(dst_rdy_2), .space(l_space),.occupied(l_occupied) ); fifo_short #(.WIDTH(WIDTH)) tail_fifo (.clk(clk),.reset(reset),.clear(clear), .datain(data_int2), .src_rdy_i(src_rdy_2), .dst_rdy_o(dst_rdy_2), .dataout(dataout), .src_rdy_o(src_rdy_o), .dst_rdy_i(dst_rdy_i), .space(s2_space),.occupied(s2_occupied) ); assign space = {11'b0,s1_space} + {11'b0,s2_space} + l_space; assign occupied = {11'b0,s1_occupied} + {11'b0,s2_occupied} + l_occupied; endmodule // cascadefifo2