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11 years ago

benefits of LPM functions?

Hi All, Is there a benefit for using LPM functions rather than coding them yourself? Except for allowing you to pipeline 'canned' functions, there doesn't seem to be much else. Actually, I've n...
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11 years ago

Infer everything you can - it allows portability (to xilinx) and easy simulation.

The only arithmetic function you have to use lpm for is dividers, or if you want to customise your DSP blocks.

Btw, if you watch the info messages, you'll actually see quartus infer LPM library blocks from your generic code.