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8 years ago

Computer configuration for FPGA compilation

Hi everyone, I have to change the computer which I use to work on FPGAs becauase It needs 2 hours and half to compile a complex Arria V code . I have a doubt about two configuration: the first o...
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8 years ago

I'd go for the one with lower cores but higher top clock speed. Quartus is getting better with multicores, but is not there yet. I'm not sure the cache size increase is enough to make a difference.