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14 years ago

Nios Processor Troubleshooting Help

Hello, this is my first post on these forums so excuse me if this is already covered elsewhere. I have searched for threads describing problems similar to mine but I haven't figured this out. I...
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14 years ago

There is no limitation stopping you from connecting a 400MHz clock to logic. I'm just saying you'll never meet timing at 400MHz with something like a Nios II processor in today's FPGAs. Running a Nios II core at 400MHz would be like clocking an Intel Xeon at 16GHz (which won't work either for the same reason).