Arria GX Architecture
Modes of Operation
The adder, subtractor, and accumulate functions of a DSP block have four
modes of operation:
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Simple multiplier
Multiply-accumulator
Two-multipliers adder
Four-multipliers adder
Table 2–14 shows the different number of multipliers possible in each
DSP block mode according to size. These modes allow the DSP blocks to
implement numerous applications for DSP including FFTs, complex FIR,
FIR, 2D FIR filters, equalizers, IIR, correlators, matrix multiplication, and
many other functions. DSP blocks also support mixed modes and mixed
multiplier sizes in the same block. For example, half of one DSP block can
implement one 18 × 18-bit multiplier in multiply-accumulator mode,
while the other half of the DSP block implements four 9 × 9-bit multipliers
in simple multiplier mode.
Table 2–14. Multiplier Size and Configurations per DSP Block
DSP Block Mode
9 × 9
18 × 18
36 × 36
Multiplier
Eight multipliers with
eight product outputs
Four multipliers with four One multiplier with one
product outputs
product output
Multiply-accumulator
Two-multipliers adder
—
Two 52-bit multiply-
accumulate blocks
—
Four two-multiplier adder Two two-multiplier adder
(two 9 × 9 complex
multiply)
—
—
(one 18 × 18 complex
multiply)
Four-multipliers adder
Two four-multiplier adder One four-multiplier adder
DSP Block Interface
The Arria GX device DSP block input registers can generate a shift
register that can cascade down in the same DSP block column. Dedicated
connections between DSP blocks provide fast connections between shift
register inputs to cascade shift register chains. You can cascade registers
within multiple DSP blocks for 9 × 9- or 18 × 18-bit FIR filters larger than
four taps, with additional adder stages implemented in ALMs. If the DSP
block is configured as 36 × 36 bits, the adder, subtractor, or accumulator
stages are implemented in ALMs. Each DSP block can route the shift
register chain out of the block to cascade multiple columns of DSP blocks.
Altera Corporation
May 2008
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Arria GX Device Handbook, Volume 1
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