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Does the Cyclone II support Floating point?

Altera_Forum
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‎11-16-2011 09:56 PM
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i was wondering if the Cyclone II FPGA supports floating point representation? or does it just support fixed point.

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‎11-16-2011 10:42 PM
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natively FPGAs only support fixed point, but Altera's floating point IPs support all families: 

 

http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/ug_altfp_mfug.pdf
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‎11-17-2011 10:00 AM
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"God made the integers; all else is the work of man" 

L. Kronecker
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Altera_Forum
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‎11-17-2011 04:48 PM
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i haven't seen that quote, thanks! :D

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