EPM570 Altera, EPM570 Datasheet - Page 18

• Manufacturer Part Number: EPM570
• Description: MAX II Device Family
• Manufacturer: Altera

Logic Elements
Figure 2–8. LE in Dynamic Arithmetic Mode
Note to
(1)
2–12
MAX II Device Handbook, Volume 1
LAB Carry-In
Carry-In0
Carry-In1
The addnsub signal is tied to the carry input for the first LE of a carry chain only.
data1
data2
data3
(LAB Wide)
Figure
addnsub
2–8:
(1)
Carry-Out0
Carry-Select Chain
The carry-select chain provides a very fast carry-select function between
LEs in dynamic arithmetic mode. The carry-select chain uses the
redundant carry calculation to increase the speed of carry functions. The
LE is configured to calculate outputs for a possible carry-in of 0 and carry-
in of 1 in parallel. The carry-in0 and carry-in1 signals from a lower-
order bit feed forward into the higher-order bit via the parallel carry chain
and feed into both the LUT and the next portion of the carry chain. Carry-
select chains can begin in any LE within an LAB.
The speed advantage of the carry-select chain is in the parallel pre-
computation of carry chains. Since the LAB carry-in selects the
precomputed carry chain, not every LE is in the critical path. Only the
propagation delays between LAB carry-in generation (LE 5 and LE 10) are
now part of the critical path. This feature allows the MAX II architecture
to implement high-speed counters, adders, multipliers, parity functions,
and comparators of arbitrary width.
LUT
LUT
LUT
LUT
Carry-Out1
Register chain
Core Version a.b.c variable
connection
clock (LAB Wide)
(LAB Wide)
ena (LAB Wide)
aclr (LAB Wide)
sload
(LAB Wide)
Register Feedback
sclear
(LAB Wide)
ADATA
ENA
D
ALD/PRE
aload
CLRN
Q
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December 2004
Row, column, and
direct link routing
Row, column, and
direct link routing
Local routing
LUT chain
connection
Register
chain output