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14 years ago

multiplier delay of embedded multiplier

Hi, I am designing an custom hardware and it requires multipliers, so since there are embedded multipliers available in cyclone II, I decided to use them by using the the multiply symbol in my ...
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14 years ago

Synthesis will do the same latency as your RTL. So if you don't have any registers, it will be purely combinatorial. If you have one at the end, it will probably suck that one into the embedded block. With your HDL open in Quartus II, go to Edit -> Insert Template -> VHDL/Verilog and there should be some good multiplier examples.