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16 years agocyclone 3 restricted fmax
Hi, at some point during my work I needed to use a higher frequency clock in Cyclone 3 (EP3C16) speedgrade -8 and thought of a 400 MHz clock. In the Cyclone 3 Handbook volume 2 table 1-19 it i...
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16 years agoThe fmax will come from your design.
The datasheet fmax of 402MHz is the theoretical fmax. The actual fmax will depend on your design.