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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Memory block type = "Auto" in RAM MegaWizard

When using "auto", is the memory block type fixed by the MegaWizard, or can it change later depending on the available resources?
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15 years ago

One of the main purposes of using "auto", is not just to let Quartus decide based on resources usage, but also on which type of memory is supported by the specific device.

If your design is say, for an older family such as Stratix I and you use "M4K", then it won't compile when you move to newer Stratix families that replaced M4K with M9K blocks.