Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Native Fixed Point DSP IP Core User Guide

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Date 11/06/2017
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3.1.3. The 18 × 18 Plus 36 Mode

When configured as 18 × 18 Plus 36 mode, the Cyclone® 10 GX Native Fixed Point DSP IP core enables only the top multiplier. This mode applies the equation of resulta = (ax * ay) + concatenate(bx[17:0],by[17:0]).
Figure 4. The 18 × 18 Plus 36 Mode Architecture

You must set Representation format for bottom multipliers y operand to unsigned when using this mode. When the input bus is less than 36-bit in this mode, you are required to provide the necessary signed extension to fill up the 36-bit input.