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13 years ago

Upgrade Altera Cyclone II fpga device

Hallo, i use a Cyclone II EP2C35F484C8 device. We always have problems with overload of CPU. The TimeQuest Timing Analyzer reports timing problems of the CPU takt (required: 120MHz, actually: ...
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13 years ago

It will be pin compatible, but you might try adding pipeline stages in your SOPC fabric first (assuming SOPC and not Q-sys). I have been able to get C8 speed grade up to 100MHz without too much trouble, I'm not too sure about 120MHz, but it might be possible.