Altera Interlaken MegaCore Function - Manual (Page 13)

June 2012 Altera Corporation Interlaken MegaCore Function
User Guide
2. Getting Started
Design Flows
1
You can customize the Interlaken MegaCore function to support a wide variety of
applications. You use the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager or the Qsys system
integration tool to instantiate this MegaCore function.
The MegaWizard Plug-In Manager flow offers the following advantages:
■ Allows you to parameterize the MegaCore function to create a variation that you
can instantiate manually in your design.
The Qsys flow offers the following advantages:
■ Allows you to integrate other Altera-provided custom components such as DMA
controllers, on-chip memories, and FIFOs in your design.
■ Provides visualization of hierarchical designs.
■ Allows customization of interconnect elements and pipelining.