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15 years ago

Equivalent logic element of an ALUT?

Hi everyone, Could anyone tell me the equivalent logic element of an ALUT? From the catalog I know that an ALM is equivalent to 2.5 logic elements but can't find how many logic elements d...
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15 years ago

One ALUT is essentially half an ALM. By being adaptive, it's not really black-and-white though. For example, if you have an ALUT that does a 6-input function, you might be able to pack something into the other side, but maybe not. It certainly makes size counting more difficult.