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14 years ago

Unused addresses in embedded memory block ? are they lost ?

Hello ! I could not find the answer of this question in documentation : If I need to implement many FIFOs, 32 bits width, 128 bits depth. I am using stratix III FPGAs. An embedded M9...
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14 years ago

Hello,

thank you for your answer. As I said before, the FIFO example is just an illustration. I am interested in this issue for every possible usage of the memory blocks.

Correct if I am wrong : whatever the type of memory block, and whatever the block configuration (simple port memory / dual port memory / FIFO /...), if do not use the entire block, addresses left are lost ?

There is not any optimization option that can allocate free space to other instances ? even with restrictions ?

Thank you for your answer.

Cecile