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10 years ago

What does Altera call their version of Xilinx DNA?

Hi, Xilinx chips have a feature that xilinx calls "chip DNA" where there is an array of laser fuses on each chip and Xilinx blows out a unique fuse pattern on each die before it is shipped. Th...
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10 years ago

Thanks again to dwh for getting me pointed in the right direction.

If I had to answer my own question, succinctly, I would say "the answer is: the altchip_id primitive".

Altera calls their primitives "megafunctions" for some reason.... someday I will launch a competing FPGA company and crush them with my gigafunctions and yottafunctions.