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XCui0
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6 years ago

Initialization file when infer a RAM IP

Hi, I am using VHDL code to infer a RAM IP of stratix 10. There are two choices to initialize RAM: use a function as provided by the VHDL template, or use attribute as shown in following: type mem_...
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CheepinC_altera
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6 years ago

Thanks Steven for the guidance.

Hi Xin,

As I understand it, Quartus will expect you to specify the mif file whenever you specify the ram_init_file attribute. The current available workarounds would be as discussed above by Steven:

  1. Use RAM IP
  2. Use VHDL infer RAM but no specify the init_file attribute
  3. Use the conditional attribute

Sorry for the inconvenience.