About Megafunctions

Now that 1,500,000-gate programmable logic devices (PLDs) are available, entire digital subsystems can be implemented on a single PLD. These devices create opportunities for designers to develop systems with greater integration, complexity, and functionality. Altera offers a total solution to design needs by combining megafunctions that are optimized for performance and density with state-of-the-art development tools that optimally map designs.

Megafunctions are ready-made, parameterized, pre-tested blocks of intellectual property that are optimized to make efficient use of the architecture of the targeted programmable device. By using megafunctions, designers can focus more time and energy on improving and differentiating their system-level product, rather than redesigning common functions. Megafunctions are supported in any complex programmable logic device (CPLD) design methodology, including existing hardware description language (HDL) design. When implementing complex system architectures, using megafunctions dramatically shortens design time, by allowing the reuse of existing intellectual property. Megafunctions provide total solutions by targeting specific application areas, providing optimized performance, significantly increasing design productivity and reducing time-to-market