Hi Shruti,
8Mhz external crystal can't get 100Mhz core clock.
If you want to get 100Mhz core clock, please choose 10Mhz external crystal.
Let me tell you why 8Mhz crystal can't get 100Mhz core clock.
If you want to get 100Mhz, from reference manual:

You can get that the input frequency should be 39.0625Khz.
If you use the 8Mhz external crystal choose FEE mode, you will find the you need FRDIV = 8000/39.0625=204.5.
Did the FRDIV have 204.5 data? No, please see this picture:

But if you choose 10Mhz external crystal, you can get FRDIV= 10000/39.0625=256, from the above picture, you can find FRDIV=0b011 meet the demand.
Actually, from the KDS PE configuration, you also can get that:

Wish it helps you!
If you still have question, please let me know!
Have a great day,
Jingjing
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