Research Article

Design of Synthesizable, Retimed Digital Filters Using FPGA Based Path Solvers with MCM Approach: Comparison and CAD Tool

Table 3

Device utilization and timing summary of path solvers.

Path solver nameDevice utilization summeryTiming summeryMax. frequency (Hz)
Logic utilizationUsedMin period in nsSetup time in nsHold time in ns

Critical path solverNumber of slices58049.068 ns 15.72 ns6.141 ns110.277
Number of LUTs10462
Number of slice Flipops3664

Shortest path solverNumber of slices414714.089 ns10.477 ns4.114 ns70.978
Number of LUTs7511
Number of slice Flipops1496