On 6/2/05, Peter TB Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Timothy Miller wrote:
> 
> >> From my work on the XC3S1500 parts, I seem to remember that Xilinx
> >> recommend connecting unused BRAM pins to pwr -- including the parity
> >> bits if they're not used.
> >
> > Is that for power-consumption purposes?  I usually just leave them
> > unconnected.  What does ISE do about unconnected I/Os?
> >
> 
> From XAPP463, "Using Block RAM in Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs, page 8:
> 
>   Unused Inputs
> 
>   Tie any unused data or address inputs to logic '1'. Connecting the unused
>   inputs High saves logic and routing resources compared to connecting the
>   inputs Low.
> 
> I'm not _sure_ what ISE does with unused IOs, but from what I've seen it
> _appears_ that it connects them to gnd.
> 
> Can someone confirm this?

Heh, so Xilinx possibly violates their own rules?  :)

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