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11 years ago

Documentation about resource usage of Altera cells

Dear Forum, Xilinx has very good document - "Libraries Guide", about the netlist cells resource usage. That document explains all standard cells used for synthesizing the design, and...
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11 years ago

That "Libraries Guide" document looks like it's at least 15 years old. I don't think there's anything equivalent to that from either vendor these days. However, they both provide information on the resources used by IP blocks (Megafunctions). If you're trying to estimate whether a design will fit in a particular device you need to operate at a higher level than library primitives.