8.1 QSPI read with XDMA limited performance

The bandwidth achievable in QSPI read when using the XDMA is limited due to burst accesses split into single accesses.

For example, in Quad mode at 100 MHz, the maximum achievable bandwidth is 19 MB/s instead of 46 MB/s.

Work Around

Use the CPU with MMU and caches enabled to reach 37 MB/s in the same conditions as above.

Affected Silicon Revisions

A0

A0-D1G

A0-D2G

A1

A1-D1G

A1-D2G

A1-D5M

XX