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14 years ago

What is the difference between direct arithmetic computation and using MegaWizard blo

When I try to do addition, reduction, multiplication, previously I will use plug ins in Quartus II like LPM_ADD_SUB. Then I will program use this addtion block to do addtion.The program will be: ...
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14 years ago

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U means they are actually same?

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Yes. "Direct" arithmetic in behavioral HDL code is the preferred way for daily FPGA coding. Only division suggests structural (MegaFunction based) code because divider inference is rather limited.