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12 years ago

Is there a performance difference between variables vs direct assignments

Several years ago I wrote a small (I thought) 8-bit micro-controller core called the Open8. The current model is based very closely on the old Arc-lite/V8 instruction set, though I've modified a few ...
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12 years ago

You may want to check the synthesis results in the 'RTL Viewer' (Tools -> Netlist Viewers -> RTL Viewer). It will show whether the variables have inferred registers and whether it is what you wanted.