Is the Verilog real data type synthesisable for a generic Xilinx FPGA? If not, what alternatives do I have for real number manipulation in synthesisable Verilog?
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Short answer: No. Your best bet would be to build your own floating-point block. There are open-source examples. While you can make it IEEE754 compatible, there is no need to. It all depends on your application. Some applications requires the range provided by single/double-precision IEEE754 numbers. However, other applications only require a small range that can be emulated with fixed-point numbers instead. |
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No, but some FPGAs have a core that works with built-in hardware for floating point. This Altera white paper discusses some details. However you would have to instantiate them; they can't be inferred by ISE or most other tools. |
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