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I am using MAX10 10M04DCF256.
Documentation for the M9K RAM blocks makes clear that the output register of the RAM is cleared at power-up and you don't see RAM content at the output until after the first read cycle. The tools also provide for specifying the RAM content as part of the configuration data - but not on the 'DCF' devices as the flash is too small for a configuration image with RAM initialisation. I was therefore expecting that RAMs in my design would power-up with arbitrary content. However, on my prototypes I am finding that the RAM is in fact cleared to zero at power-up. Is this a fluke, or is it an undocumented feature that a configuration file without RAM initialisation actually initialises it to zeros?Link Copied
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All FPGA registers, including those in a RAM block unless initialized with a .hex or .mif file, power up low. This is common across all device families (though Stratix 10 does now allow you to power up a register to 1).
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Thanks. I guess you mean "All altera FPGA families" as it's definitely not the case elsewhere!
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