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14 years ago

big design uses few resources

I compiled a design a few days ago with a Compilation Report like this:

Combinational ALUTs 52,437

Memory ALUTs 0

dedicated logic registers 31,310

Total registers 31,310

...

Total block memory bits 456,312

Today, I compiled a similar one with some IPs added. When I finished the compilation successfully, I got a Compilation Report like this:

Combinational ALUTs 671/650,440(< 1%)

Memory ALUTs 0/325,220(0%)

dedicated logic registers 1187/650,440(<1%)

Total registers 1187

...

Total block memory bits 6,200/23,685,120(<1%)

I don't know why this happened. The design occupied too few resources. Can anyone tell me? Thanks a lot!

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    Look at the messages for something unconnected. The .map.rpt has a section on Removed Logic that hopefully helps.

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    Quartus probably optimized your resource and removed everything that is not connected... make sure that all your outputs are connected to your top output and to a pin