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Yogesh
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6 years ago

Can DSP be used as an adder IP ?

Device used - cyclone V GT ​ In quartus tool , if I instantiate an adder IP , I can see, tool using ALMs to make those adders. Since it's using ALMs ,max achievable frequency drops at this path . ...
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CheepinC_altera
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6 years ago

Hi,

As I understand it, you have some inquires related to implementing Adder using CV DSP block. For your information, the DSP block is primarily for multiplication. It supports pre-adder or multiply-add. It does not support single adder function. sorry for the inconvenience.

Best regards,

Chee Pin