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11 years ago

Cyclone V speed is much slower

Hello. I am new to Cyclone V. I took my design for Cyclone III and recompiled it with Quartus II web 13.1. From the timing analyzer, I can see that the maximum clock rate is only 84 Mhz while I was...
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11 years ago

from my understanding, newer device doesnt mean it is faster. You will have to look at the speed grade. Even if you choose a newer device but the slowest speed grade, it might still lose to an older device with the fastest speed grade.