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Dear Developers, I am creating a code where I used memory , however there is a part of memory that I didn't actually use , it is "auto generated" called altshift taps as shown in image, Kindly I need a justification for adding it by Quartus. Many thanks.Link Copied
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FPGA synthesis never implements any resource that isn't "actually used". I guess the problem is that you don't understand which part of the code infers a RAM based shift register. But without seeing the code, it's hard to tell.
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FPGA synthesis never implements any resource that isn't "actually used". I guess the problem is that you don't understand which part of the code infers a RAM based shift register. But without seeing the code, it's hard to tell.
The hierarchy view already tells you that it's used in the implementation of dataodd_rtl. There's no additional autogenerated logic, it's just the way how altshift_taps is implemented.- Mark as New
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--- Quote Start --- FPGA synthesis never implements any resource that isn't "actually used". I guess the problem is that you don't understand which part of the code infers a RAM based shift register. But without seeing the code, it's hard to tell. The hierarchy view already tells you that it's used in the implementation of dataodd_rtl. There's no additional autogenerated logic, it's just the way how altshift_taps is implemented. --- Quote End --- I used data odd here : BEGIN IF (rising_edge (clk)) THEN Splitter<=Original(generaladdress); dataeven <= Splitter(9 downto 0); dataodd<=Splitter(19 downto 10); if kk=2 then First_Reg<=dataeven; else evenbuff<= dataeven; end if; xoddbuff<=dataodd; oddbuff<=xoddbuff; It temporary holding a value since I need to wait for one clock cycle, however, I defined it as signal of unsigned, I don't know why it used as m4k?
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The shown code snippet doesn't give reason to expect altshift_taps inference. I guess, i's not the full picture.
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There is nothing surprising here as by default the tool is made free to infer memory for some shift operations. The user can disable that in the project settings.
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altshift_taps is used for multicycle shift registers. But there's no respective function in the shown code snippet.
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--- Quote Start --- There is nothing surprising here as by default the tool is made free to infer memory for some shift operations. The user can disable that in the project settings. --- Quote End --- I tried to disable it here but it doesn't workhttps://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15420
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Thanks for reply, the only place I used that signal (dataodd) is here! How can I disable it? Regards.
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I don't see you have chosen the right setting.
I believe it should be something like: Auto Shift Register Recognition OFF. You can also apply it specifically to your signal using attribute.- Mark as New
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I didn't notice such settings .. :(

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