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13 years agoWhat is mean of fast/slow 0C/85C model?
There are three models in STA, it seems there is little reference from Altera to explain what is the mean of these and which is most important (I guess this depends on where the FPGA chip is used). S...
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13 years agoYou have already been answered but I can visualise the timing space as a triangle with 3 corners, top corner being best for timing:
corner 1 is the 0C fast model. Best for timing corner 2 is 0c slow model corner 3 is 85C slow model All cases fall on the triangle space. Definitions are given by altera as follows: 0C fast: fastest silicon + highest voltage + 0C 0C slow: slowest silicon + lowest voltage + 0C 85C slow: slowest silicon + lowest voltage + 85C Note: voltage within allowable range, silicon within chosen speed grade since corner 1 is best, I note that timequest gives fmax for corner 2 & 3 but not corner 1 To be more accurate, it is not a single triangle but imagine three axes say x,y,z where x is for temperature, y for voltage, z for silicon. at every case you can choose 3 points, one on each axis and draw a triangle. The centre of a given triangle becomes the timing space of your case. The whole set of triangles is the full timing space.