Frequency of operation of M9K bram

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Since you have to write tool-specific syntax to get inference working, I see no advantage over just instantiating an altsyncram directly. If you need portable VHDL, then you can always use configurations.

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In my experience, there's a very reasonable overlap among the multiple synthesis tools' RAM inference templates.Also, the inference capabilities often lead to cleaner code.