Digital Signal Processing Block
Figure 4–27. Single-Port Mode
8 LAB Row
Clocks
RAM/ROM
8
256 × 16
512 × 8
1,024 × 4
2,048 × 2
4,096 × 1
data[ ]
D
ENA
Q
Data In
To MultiTrack
Interconnect
Data Out
D
Q
ENA
address[ ]
wren
Address
D
Q
ENA
Write Enable
outclken
D
ENA
Q
inclken
inclock
Write
Pulse
Generator
outclock
The most commonly used DSP functions are finite impulse response (FIR)
filters, complex FIR filters, infinite impulse response (IIR) filters, fast
Fourier transform (FFT) functions, direct cosine transform (DCT)
functions, and correlators. All of these blocks have the same fundamental
building block: the multiplier. Additionally, some applications need
specialized operations such as multiply-add and multiply-accumulate
operations. Stratix GX devices provide DSP blocks to meet the arithmetic
requirements of these functions.
Digital Signal
Processing
Block
Each Stratix GX device has two columns of DSP blocks to efficiently
implement DSP functions faster than LE-based implementations. Larger
Stratix GX devices have more DSP blocks per column (see Table 4–12).
Each DSP block can be configured to support up to:
■
■
■
Eight 9 × 9-bit multipliers
Four 18 × 18-bit multipliers
One 36 × 36-bit multiplier
As indicated, the Stratix GX DSP block can support one 36 × 36-bit
multiplier in a single DSP block. This is true for any matched sign
multiplications (either unsigned by unsigned or signed by signed), but
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Stratix GX Device Handbook, Volume 1
February 2005
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