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docs/SoC_Gowin_GW1NSR.md: document describing Gowin SoC tests added #41

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Signed-off-by: Maciej Gabryelski [email protected]


## SoC requirements for TPM

As previously stated (and described), a TPM candidate must meet the following

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@macpijan AFAIK we don't have it described in a single place (and consistent way). We could create separate document for that a and link it here and in other places instead of repeating ourselves.

part is required, it is not possible to use this memory as RAM for the hard CPU.

This fact disqualifies Gowin's SoC from the GW1NSR-4C series as a hardware TPM
module.

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Why lack of hardware controller would be a problem when we can have an equivalent on FPGA? Can't the FPGA based controller decode cycles coming from AHB and "forward" communication to/from SRAM?

The project documentation shows that, among others:

+ BRAM blocks in FPGA fabric are not properly handled
+ PLL clocks are not supported

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What problems do arise from lack of this functionality?

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