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14 years ago

MLAB or M9K?

Hi there It's getting quite crowded on my Stratix III device now (101 of 108 M9K used) and I intend to build in further data processing functions with need for intermediate storage. As I...
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14 years ago

short answer, i would keep adding code until you actually get a no fit from running out of M9Ks

there are certain modes and behaviors that are not supported by the MLABs, take a look at the Stratix III memory documentation:

http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/stx3/stx3_siii51004.pdf

besides that i'm sure there are differences in fmax performance