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1. Intel® Hyperflex™ FPGA Architecture Introduction
2. Intel® Hyperflex™ Architecture RTL Design Guidelines
3. Compiling Intel® Hyperflex™ Architecture Designs
4. Design Example Walk-Through
5. Retiming Restrictions and Workarounds
6. Optimization Example
7. Intel® Hyperflex™ Architecture Porting Guidelines
8. Appendices
9. Intel® Hyperflex™ Architecture High-Performance Design Handbook Archive
10. Intel® Hyperflex™ Architecture High-Performance Design Handbook Revision History
2.4.2.1. High-Speed Clock Domains
2.4.2.2. Restructuring Loops
2.4.2.3. Control Signal Backpressure
2.4.2.4. Flow Control with FIFO Status Signals
2.4.2.5. Flow Control with Skid Buffers
2.4.2.6. Read-Modify-Write Memory
2.4.2.7. Counters and Accumulators
2.4.2.8. State Machines
2.4.2.9. Memory
2.4.2.10. DSP Blocks
2.4.2.11. General Logic
2.4.2.12. Modulus and Division
2.4.2.13. Resets
2.4.2.14. Hardware Re-use
2.4.2.15. Algorithmic Requirements
2.4.2.16. FIFOs
2.4.2.17. Ternary Adders
5.2.1. Insufficient Registers
5.2.2. Short Path/Long Path
5.2.3. Fast Forward Limit
5.2.4. Loops
5.2.5. One Critical Chain per Clock Domain
5.2.6. Critical Chains in Related Clock Groups
5.2.7. Complex Critical Chains
5.2.8. Extend to locatable node
5.2.9. Domain Boundary Entry and Domain Boundary Exit
5.2.10. Critical Chains with Dual Clock Memories
5.2.11. Critical Chain Bits and Buses
5.2.12. Delay Lines
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2.4.2. Optimizing Specific Design Structures
This section describes common performance bottleneck structures, and recommendations to improve fMAX performance for each case.
Section Content
High-Speed Clock Domains
Restructuring Loops
Control Signal Backpressure
Flow Control with FIFO Status Signals
Flow Control with Skid Buffers
Read-Modify-Write Memory
Counters and Accumulators
State Machines
Memory
DSP Blocks
General Logic
Modulus and Division
Resets
Hardware Re-use
Algorithmic Requirements
FIFOs
Ternary Adders