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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Is the speed determined by fmax or delays?

Hi everyone, This may seem stupid but I can't get a direct answer from my professors on this question. One of them says its the fmax while one of them says its the delays. Anybody mi...
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16 years ago

Sorry for the late reply but thanks a lot for making it much clearer! But are there conditions where increasing the pipeline depth doesn't increase the fmax, but decreases it instead?

Best regards,

Chris