Article ID: 000077268 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 11/15/2013

Prefitter Not Instantiating io_clock_divider and DQSLB when DQSLB has No Associated EMIF Pins

Environment

  • Quartus® II Subscription Edition
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    Critical Issue

    Description

    This problem affects QDR II, and RLDRAM II products.

    For designs with x18 or x36 DQ groups, it is possible that the data pins do not require I/Os in all the DQ groups. When this happens, the prefitter does not duplicate the I/O clock divider atom into the DQ groups that do not contain an I/O. The I/O clock divider atoms in a DQ group must be connected in cascade; when an I/O clock divider atom is not present in one of the DQ groups, a hardware failure may occur.

    Resolution

    After duplication, if the number of I/O clock dividers is less than the number of DQSLBs, the prefitter inserts the missing I/O clock divider atoms. These atoms do not have a fanout. The prefitter clusters the I/O clock divider atoms in the DQ group by traversing their fan-ins (DQS delay chain).

    This issue has been fixed.

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    Intel® Programmable Devices