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8 years ago

Arria 10 multiplier speed

I'm rather new to practical FPGA design though I have a lot of theoretical background. I'm working with (starting/trying to would be more accurate) the Arria 10 development kit which has Arr...
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8 years ago

730Mhz is rather ambitious, even for Arria 10. I think you'll have to go down the multiple parrallel paths route.

If you want to test the max frequence, create a design and run it through to time quest. Set all pins to virtual and it should give you an idea of the fmax for your design as it defaults to trying to get 1000Mhz out of your design (which will fail) but should at least give you an idea.

Realistically, 300Mhz per multiplier is probably more realistic.