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initializing custom memory with .mif (or .hex) in Quartus 3

Hi all,

I use a small memory block in my design. It's a hand-coded (VHDL) dual-port ram, that's recognized by Quartus as memory. However, when synthesizing, Quartus rightfully complains that no initialization was set to the memory. I looked in the help, but found no way to initialize MY memory with a .mif file - only a Quartus generated mega-function memory, which I don't want to use.

I have a strong feeling that it's just a simple attribute in the code, but I just can't find it anywhere in Quartus' docs. Any ideas ?

TIA Eli

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eliben
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Hi Eliben, The current version of Quartus 4.1 requires the use of a mega-function generated memory for RAM initialization. We are working on the ability to initialize a memory from within the HDL in one of our 2005 releases.

- Subroto

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Subroto Datta

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