Chapter 7: MAP

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Section 7 - RPMs

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Section 8 - Guide Report

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Guide not run on this design.

Section 9 - Area Group Summary

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No area groups were found in this design.

Section 10 - Modular Design Summary

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Modular Design not used for this design.

Section 11 - Timing Report

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This design was not run using timing mode.

Section 12 - Configuration String Details

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Use the "-detail" map option to print out Configuration Strings

Section 13 - Additional Device Resource Counts

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Number of JTAG Gates for IOBs = 27

Number of Equivalent Gates for Design = 7,487 Number of RPM Macros = 1

Number of Hard Macros = 0 CAPTUREs = 0

BSCANs = 0 STARTUPs = 0 PCILOGICs = 0 DCMs = 1 GCLKs = 1 ICAPs = 0

18X18 Multipliers = 0 Block RAMs = 0 TBUFs = 0

Total Registers (Flops & Latches in Slices & IOBs) not driven by LUTs=3 IOB Dual-Rate Flops not driven by LUTs = 0

IOB Dual-Rate Flops = 0 IOB Slave Pads = 0 IOB Master Pads = 0

IOB Latches not driven by LUTs = 0 IOB Latches = 0

IOB Flip Flops not driven by LUTs = 0 IOB Flip Flops = 0

Unbonded IOBs = 0

Bonded IOBs = 27

Total Shift Registers = 0

Static Shift Registers = 0

Dynamic Shift Registers = 0 16x1 ROMs = 0

16x1 RAMs = 0

32x1 RAMs = 0 Dual Port RAMs = 0 MUXFs = 1

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8.2i specifications

Xilinx 8.2i is a significant version of the Xilinx ISE (Integrated Software Environment) that emerged in the early 2000s, marking an important milestone in the world of FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) development. This version introduced a slew of advanced features, technologies, and characteristics that made it an indispensable tool for engineers and developers in designing, simulating, and implementing digital circuits.

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