theoretically you can write a VHDL counter for anysize but you have to meet some timing requirements , however 13.5 MHz can be met in modern FPGA with a very large counters "64 bit for example can run at this speed". I am not sure but I have made a pipelined multiplier "48X48 bit that can run more than 80 MHz I assume (really I don't remember the speed but it was but I guess it was 85 MHz)", on Virtex FPGA so I guess the 13.5 MHz can be met with a counter as large as 64 bits which is more than suitable to any application.