Kenny, yes it needs to be matched......now anticipating that your next question is : "but why??" (which I would certainly also ask): The reason is that the DQ info that just was clock into the memory with DQS must now cross into the SDRAM's internal local clock domain, which is based on CK and CKn, and you can't cross clock domains, without establishing a relationship between the clocks (DQS and CK)...(that is, unless you want to drop bits - and if you just double-register you will drop bits.) take care. Jim Peterson Honeywell=20 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenny Frohlich Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:57 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] DDR2 Clock and DQS Lines Hi All, I understand that DQ and DQM lines need to match length with DQS lines, and Addr/Control lines need to length match with clocks. But do DQS lines need to length match with clocks? In AMD design guidelines, they specifies that DQS lines need to length match with DDR2 clocks. But is this really a requirement (industry standard)? =20 Thanks, Kenny =20 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu