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Altera_Forum
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21 years agoSOPC Builder clock domain crossing
Hi, I just tried out the clock domain crossing feature in SOPC Builder 4.2, coming along with Quartus 4.2. As soon as I want to use a second clock for any of my peripherals, either the SOPC Buil...
Altera_Forum
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21 years agoBefore jumping the gun: What version of Quartus/SOPC Builder? The final release 4.2 version?? pre-release & beta versions did not support the clock-domain crossing feature as noted in the readmes/release notes.
The final release, which came out of engineering's hands barely a week ago (build 157, I believe), suppors the clock-crossing feature. By the way this is one of the most powerful performance features to be introduced in some time for our tools. Being able to put custom-logic or a tri-state bridge with many masters (things that slow clock speeds down) onto their own domain lets one easily achieve max performance out of the CPU and other peripherals.