Embedded Multiplier Block Overview - Altera Cyclone IV Device Handbook

February 2010
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interfaces that help increase performance, reduce system cost, and lower the power
consumption of digital signal processing (DSP) systems. Cyclone IV devices, either
alone or as DSP device co-processors, are used to improve price-to-performance ratios
of DSP systems. Particular focus is placed on optimizing Cyclone IV devices for
applications that benefit from an abundance of parallel processing resources, which
include video and image processing, intermediate frequency (IF) modems used in
wireless communications systems, and multi-channel communications and video
systems.
This chapter contains the following sections:
■ "Embedded Multiplier Block Overview" on page 4–1
■ "Architecture" on page 4–2
"Operational Modes" on page 4–4
■

Embedded Multiplier Block Overview

Figure 4–1
array blocks (LABs). The embedded multiplier is configured as either one 18 × 18
multiplier or two 9 × 9 multipliers. For multiplications greater than 18 × 18, the
Quartus
are no restrictions on the data width of the multiplier, but the greater the data width,
the slower the multiplication process.
Figure 4–1. Embedded Multipliers Arranged in Columns with Adjacent LABs
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Cyclone IV Device Handbook,
Volume 1
February 2010
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IV devices include a combination of on-chip resources and external
shows one of the embedded multiplier columns with the surrounding logic
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II software cascades multiple embedded multiplier blocks together. There
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4. Embedded Multipliers in
Cyclone IV Devices
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Multiplier
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