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13 years ago

Critical path of a circuit , modelsim

Hello, I have a question regarding critical path of a circuit and its effect on simulation using modelsim. Does the portion of the circuit in the critical path take more clock cycles to execute...
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13 years ago

What type of memory? internal or external?

If its just RTL, then you should be able to find the extra cycle in the code or in the documentation (for an external memory controller). COmbinatorial paths have 0 delay, unless they have one specified.