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Comment by aldanor

3 hours ago

10-bit arithmetics are actually not uncommon on fpgas these days and are used in production in relatively modern applications.

10-bit C, however, ..........

How so? Arithmetic on FPGA usually use the minimum size that works, because any size over that will use more resources than needed.

9-bit bytes are pretty common in block RAM though, with the extra bit being used for either for ECC or user storage.