Intel® High Level Synthesis Compiler Pro Edition: Best Practices Guide

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Date 10/04/2021
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3.2.4. Throughput

Throughput of a digital circuit is the rate at which data is processed.

In the absence of other bottlenecks, higher fMAX results in higher throughput (for example, samples/second).

Throughput is a common measure of the performance of a circuit, and throughput and performance are often used interchangeably when discussing a circuit.