Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Design Recommendations

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Date 8/03/2023
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1.2. Instantiating IP Cores in HDL

Intel provides parameterizable IP cores that are optimized for Intel FPGA device architectures. Using IP cores instead of coding your own logic saves valuable design time.

Additionally, the Intel-provided IP cores offer more efficient logic synthesis and device implementation. Scale the IP core’s size and specify various options by setting parameters. To instantiate the IP core directly in your HDL file code, invoke the IP core name and define its parameters as you would do for any other module, component, or sub design. Alternatively, you can use the IP Catalog (Tools > IP Catalog) and parameter editor GUI to simplify customization of your IP core variation. You can infer or instantiate IP cores that optimize device architecture features, for example:

  • Transceivers
  • LVDS drivers
  • Memory and DSP blocks
  • Phase-locked loops (PLLs)
  • Double-data rate input/output (DDIO) circuitry

For some types of logic functions, such as memories and DSP functions, you can infer device-specific dedicated architecture blocks instead of instantiating an IP core. Intel® Quartus® Prime synthesis recognizes certain HDL code structures and automatically infers the appropriate IP core or map directly to device atoms.