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11 years ago

usage of arithmetic megafunctions

Hi, to solve a formula such as 5x^2+3x+2 what is the best using of the floating point mega functions? For example, do I have to use them in a finite state machine structure? If so, how? Could y...
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11 years ago

I dont think you quite understand the idea of the pipelined module.

You can input a value, and N clock cycles later you get your result. But because it is pipelined, you can input a new value on every single clock cycle, and you get the result N clocks later. There is no need to wait for the result before you input a new value. This is a pipeline.