Glossary

location


A generic term that refers to an assignable physical resource in the interior of an Altera® device.

You can assign a node or entity to one of the following locations:

APEX 20K,
APEX II,
ARM®-based Excalibur
FLEX® 6000 Mercury ACEX® 1K
FLEX 10KE
MAX® 3000, MAX 7000 Cyclone Stratix
Stratix GX

An individual logic cell

An individual logic cell

An individual logic cell

An individual logic cell

An individual I/O pin

An individual logic cell

An individual logic cell

An individual I/O pin An individual I/O pin An individual I/O pin An individual I/O pin A macrocell A LAB An individual I/O pin
A Logic Array Block (LAB),
Embedded System Block (ESB),
row, or column
A LAB, row, or column A LAB, ESB, or row A LAB or Embedded Array Block (EAB) A LAB A M4K memory block A LAB
An individual MegaLAB row   An ESB row An individual row   A PLL An M-RAM or an M512 or M4K memory block
An individual MegaLAB column   A ClockLock® PLL An individual column   A Custom Region A DSP block
Half an individual MegaLAB row   A Custom Region A Custom Region     A PLL
Half an individual MegaLAB column           A SERDES receiver
An individual section           A SERDES transmitter
An individual Fast Region           A Custom Region
A Custom Region            

You can make assignments to locations using the Assignment Organizer dialog box (Assignment menu) and the Floorplan Editor. You can also make assignments to regions or custom regions, which are multicell locations, in the Floorplan Editor Regions window. When you assign a logic function to a general location such as a LAB, EAB, ESB, row, or column, the Compiler can choose the best logic cell or embedded cell within the LAB, EAB, ESB, row, or column to use to implement the logic.


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