Document Outline

• Floating-Point IP Cores User Guide
• Contents
• 1. About Floating-Point IP Cores
  • List of Floating-Point IP Cores
  • Installing and Licensing IP Cores
  • Design Flow
    • IP Catalog and Parameter Editor
      • Using the Parameter Editor
    • Specifying IP Core Parameters and Options
      • Files Generated for Altera IP Cores
    • Specifying IP Core Parameters and Options (Legacy Parameter Editors)
  • Upgrading IP Cores
    • Migrating IP Cores to a Different Device
  • Floating-Point IP Cores General Features
  • IEEE-754 Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic
    • Floating-Point Formats
      • Single-Precision Format
      • Double-Precision Format
      • Single-Extended Precision Format
    • Special Case Numbers
    • Rounding
  • Non-IEEE-754 Standard Format
  • Floating-Points IP Cores Output Latency
  • Floating-Point IP Cores Design Example Files
  • VHDL Component Declaration
  • VHDL LIBRARY-USE Declaration
• 2. ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV IP Core
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Features
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Output Latency
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Functional Description
    • Cholesky Decomposition Function
    • Triangular Matrix Inversion
    • Matrix Multiplication
    • Matrix Inversion Operation
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Design Example: Matrix Inverse of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • Sample Matrix Data
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Signals
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_INV Parameters
• 3. ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT IP Core
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT Features
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT Output Latency
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT Functional Description
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT Signals
  • ALTERA_FP_MATRIX_MULT Parameters
• 4. ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM IP Core
  • ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM Features
  • ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM Output Latency
  • ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM Signals
  • ALTERA_FP_ACC_CUSTOM Parameters
• 5. ALTFP_ADD_SUB IP Core
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Features
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Output Latency
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Truth Table
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Design Example: Addition of Double-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_ADD_SUM Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Signals
  • ALTFP_ADD_SUB Parameters
• 6. ALTFP_DIV IP Core
  • ALTFP_DIV Features
  • ALTFP_DIV Output Latency
  • ALTFP_DIV Truth Table
  • ALTFP_DIV Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_DIV Design Example: Division of Single-Precision
    • ALTFP_DIV Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_DIV Signals
  • ALTFP_DIV Parameters
• 7. ALTFP_MULT IP Core
  • ALTFP_MULT IP Core Features
  • ALTFP_MULT Output Latency
  • ALTFP_MULT Truth Table
  • ALTFP_MULT Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_MULT Design Example: Multiplication of Double-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_MULT Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Waveform
  • Parameters
  • ALTFP_MULT Signals
• 8. ALTFP_SQRT
  • ALTFP_SQRT Features
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_SQRT Truth Table
  • ALTFP_SQRT Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_SQRT Design Example: Square Root of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_SQRT Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_SQRT Signals
  • ALTFP_SQRT Parameters
• 9. ALTFP_EXP IP Core
  • ALTFP_EXP Features
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_EXP Truth Table
  • ALTFP_EXP Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_EXP Design Example: Exponential of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_EXP Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_EXP Signals
  • ALTFP_EXP Parameters
• 10. ALTFP_INV IP Core
  • ALTFP_INV Features
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_INV Truth Table
  • ALTFP_INV Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_INV Design Example: Inverse of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_INV Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • Ports
  • Parameters
• 11. ALTFP_INV_SQRT IP Core
  • ALTFP_INV_SQRT Features
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_INV_SQRT Truth Table
  • ALTFP_INV_SQRT Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_INV_SQRT Design Example: Inverse Square Root of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_INV_SQRT Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • Ports
  • Parameters
• 12. ALTFP_LOG
  • ALTFP_LOG Features
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_LOG Truth Table
  • ALTFP_LOG Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_LOG Design Example: Natural Logarithm of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_LOG Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • Signals
  • Parameters
• 13. ALTFP_ATAN IP Core
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_ATAN Features
  • ALTFP_ATAN Resource Utilization and Performance
  • Ports
  • ALTFP_ATAN Parameters
• 14. ALTFP_SINCOS IP Core
  • ALTFP_SINCOS Features
  • Output Latency
  • ALTFP_SINCOS Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_SINCOS Signals
  • ALTFP_SINCOS Parameters
• 15. ALTFP_ABS IP Core
  • ALTFP_ABS Features
  • ALTFP_ABS Output Latency
  • ALTFP_ABS Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_ABS Design Example: Absolute Value of Multiplication Results
    • ALTFP_ABS Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_ABS Signals
  • ALTFP_ABS Parameters
• 16. ALTFP_COMPARE IP Core
  • ALTFP_COMPARE Features
  • ALTFP_COMPARE Output Latency
  • ALTFP_COMPARE Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_COMPARE Design Example: Comparison of Single-Precision Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_COMPARE Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_COMPARE Signals
  • ALTFP_COMPARE Parameters
• 17. ALTFP_CONVERT IP Core
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Features
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Conversion Operations
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Output Latency
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Design Example: Convert Double-Precision Floating-Point Format Numbers
    • ALTFP_CONVERT Design Example: Understanding the Simulation Results
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Signals
  • ALTFP_CONVERT Parameters
• 18. ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS IP Core
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Features
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Output Latency
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Target Frequency
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Combined Target
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Resource Utilization and Performance
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Signals
  • ALTERA_FP_FUNCTIONS Parameters
• A. Document Revision History
  • Document Revision History