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Floating Point Operator Performance

Altera vs. Flopoco in synthesis of testbenches: altera_vs_flopoco_performance.pdf

Initial testing of different operators:
(Ratio vs Altera in brackets)

Fmax (MHz) Area (ALMs) DSP Mem Bits Pipeline Depth
Altera Adder 304.97 437 0 0 14
Flopoco Adder 246.73 (0.809) 317 (0.725) 0 0 Target Freq: 450 MHz
VFloat Adder 141.26 (0.463) 319 (0.730) 0 0 4
Altera Multiplier 289.86 212 1 0 11
Flopoco Multiplier 292.83 (250 restricted) (0.862) 177 (0.835) 1 0 Target Freq: 680 MHz
VFloat Multiplier 117.15 (0.404) 258 (1.217) 1 0 48
Altera Divider 191.20 1,995 0 905 33
Flopoco Divider 157.41 (0.823) 1,106 (0.554) 0 120 (0.133) Target Freq: 700 MHz
floating_point_performance.txt · Last modified: 2015/08/30 12:23 by jenny.deng