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14 years ago

Difference between Megafunction and IP Cores

hi, I am newbies to FPGA, When access to Altera IP URL, I saw differential the solution type by Megafunction and IP cores. May I know what is the different between megafunction as compare to ...
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14 years ago

megafunctions are things like FIFOs, PLLs, and multipliers. they do not require a license

MegaCores require licenses and are things like memory controllers, PCIe interfaces, DSP functions, everything in here:

http://www.altera.com/literature/rn/rn_ip.pdf