About This MegaCore Function
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Verify the functionality of your design, as well as evaluate its size
and speed quickly and easily
Generate time-limited device programming files for designs that
include megafunctions
Program a device and verify your design in hardware
You only need to purchase a license for the megafunction when you are
completely satisfied with its functionality and performance, and want to
take your design to production.
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For more information on OpenCore Plus hardware evaluation using the
8B10B Encoder/Decoder see “OpenCore Plus Time-Out Behavior” on
page 3–9 and AN 320: OpenCore Plus Evaluation of Megafunctions.
Table 1–3, Table 1–4, and Table 1–5 show the resource utilization and
performance of some 8B10B Encoder/Decoder MegaCore functions.
These results were obtained using the Quartus® II software version7.1 for
the following devices:
Performance
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Cyclone II (EP2C35F484C6)
Cyclone III (EP3C80F780C6)
Stratix II (EP2S30F484C3)
Stratix III (EP3SE110F780C2)
Altera Corporation
October 2007
MegaCore Version 7.2
1–3
8B10B Encoder/Decoder MegaCore Function User Guide
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