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19 years ago

Cyclone III RAM Question

Okay, so the Cyclone III RAM has been changed from an M4K block to an M9K block. Why was this change made? Most of the FPGA designers I know are using a lot of distributed RAM, so it is counter-intui...
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19 years ago

The larger block size is not a problem as long as the number of blocks is not decreased. Quartus can pack more than 1 memory function into a block in some cases.