Altera CRC Compiler - Manual (Page 8)

1–4 Chapter 1: About This Compiler
Installation and Licensing
CRC Compiler User Guide © November 2009 Altera Corporation
Preliminary
Table 1–4 shows the typical expected performance for Stratix II, Stratix II GX, and
Stratix III devices. The performance of the MegaCore function in Stratix IV devices is
similar to Stratix III devices.
Installation and Licensing
The CRC Compiler is part of the MegaCore ® IP Library, which is distributed with the
Quartus ® II software and downloadable from the Altera ® website, www.altera.com .
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For system requirements and installation instructions, refer to Quartus II Installation &
Licensing for Windows and Linux Workstations .
Figure 1–1 shows the directory structure after you install the CRC Compiler User
Guide Compiler, where < path > is the installation directory. The default installation
directory on Windows is c:\altera\<version>; on UNIX and Solaris it is
/opt/altera/
<version>.
Table 1–4. Performance and Resource Utilization Stratix II, Stratix II GX and Stratix III Devices
Device and
Speed Grade
MegaCore
Function Parameter Settings (1) ALUTs
Logic
Registers
f
max
MHz
Throughput
Gbps
Stratix II
-3
CRC generator 32-bit datapath
CRC-32
4 symbols per word
Optimize for speed
510 373 274 8.7
Stratix II
-3
CRC generator 32-bit datapath
CRC-32
4 symbols per word
Optimize for speed
8 channels
869 1177 226.96 7.3
Stratix II GX
-3
CRC checker 64-bit datapath
8 symbols per word CRC-
16-CCITT
Optimize for speed
551 358 241 15.4
Stratix II GX
-3
CRC checker 64-bit datapath
8 symbols per word CRC-
16-CCITT
Optimize for speed
8 channels
440 614 201.9 12.9
Stratix III
-2
CRC generator 32-bit datapath
CRC-32
4 symbols per word
Optimize for speed
519 372 330 10.5
Note to Table 1–4 :
(1) Parameters set to their default values are not mentioned.