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Functional Description
Table 7: Slice Inputs and Outputs (Continued)
Name
CLK
SHIFTIN
Location
SLICEL/M Common
SLICEM Top
Direction
Input
Description
FFX/Y Clock or RAM Clock (SLICEM)
Data input to G-LUT RAM
Shift data output from F-LUT RAM
Carry chain input
Input
SHIFTOUT SLICEM Bottom
Output
Input
CIN
COUT
X
SLICEL/M Bottom
SLICEL/M Top
Output
Output
Output
Output
Output
Output
Output
Carry chain output
SLICEL/M Bottom
SLICEL/M Top
Combinatorial output
Y
Combinatorial output
XB
YB
XQ
YQ
SLICEL/M Bottom
SLICEL/M Top
Combinatorial output from carry or F-LUT SRL16 (SLICEM)
Combinatorial output from carry or G-LUT SRL16 (SLICEM)
SLICEL/M Bottom
SLICEL/M Top
FFX output
FFY output
BY in the top half) can take any of several possible
branches:
Main Logic Paths
Central to the operation of each slice are two nearly identi-
cal data paths at the top and bottom of the slice. The
description that follows uses names associated with the bot-
tom path. (The top path names appear in parentheses.) The
basic path originates at an interconnect switch matrix out-
side the CLB. See Interconnect for more information on the
switch matrix and the routing connections.
1. Bypass both the LUT and the storage element, and
then exit the slice as BXOUT (or BYOUT) and return to
interconnect.
2. Bypass the LUT, and then pass through a storage
element via the D input before exiting as XQ (or YQ).
3. Control the wide function multiplexer F5MUX (or
FiMUX).
Four lines, F1 through F4 (or G1 through G4 on the upper
path), enter the slice and connect directly to the LUT. Once
inside the slice, the lower 4-bit path passes through a LUT
"F" (or "G") that performs logic operations. The LUT Data
output, "D", offers five possible paths:
4. Via multiplexers, serve as an input to the carry chain.
5. Drive the DI input of the LUT.
6. BY can control the REV inputs of both the FFY and FFX
storage elements. See Storage Element Functions.
1. Exit the slice via line "X" (or "Y") and return to
interconnect.
7. Finally, the DIG_MUX multiplexer can switch BY onto
the DIG line, which exits the slice.
2. Inside the slice, "X" (or "Y") serves as an input to the
DXMUX (or DYMUX) which feeds the data input, "D", of
the FFY (or FFX) storage element. The "Q" output of
the storage element drives the line XQ (or YQ) which
exits the slice.
The control inputs CLK, CE, SR, BX and BY have program-
mable polarity. The LUT inputs do not need programmable
polarity because their function can be inverted inside the
LUT.
3. Control the CYMUXF (or CYMUXG) multiplexer on the
carry chain.
The sections that follow provide more detail on individual
functions of the slice.
4. With the carry chain, serve as an input to the XORF (or
XORG) exclusive-OR gate that performs arithmetic
operations, producing a result on "X" (or "Y").
Look-Up Tables
The Look-Up Table or LUT is a RAM-based function gener-
ator and is the main resource for implementing logic func-
tions. Furthermore, the LUTs in each SLICEM pair can be
configured as Distributed RAM or a 16-bit shift register, as
described later.
5. Drive the multiplexer F5MUX to implement logic
functions wider than four bits. The "D" outputs of both
the F-LUT and G-LUT serve as data inputs to this
multiplexer.
Each of the two LUTs (F and G) in a slice have four logic
inputs (A1-A4) and a single output (D). Any four-variable
Boolean logic operation can be implemented in one LUT.
Functions with more inputs can be implemented by cascad-
In addition to the main logic paths described above, there
are two bypass paths that enter the slice as BX and BY.
Once inside the FPGA, BX in the bottom half of the slice (or
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