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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

Just after submitting my answer I thought of something.... where are you using most of the time when compiling your project? If it is the fitter then it may make sense to go for higher cores, because AFAIK it is the fitter that is currently the most multicore friendly part of the Quartus compiler. You can also monitor your current PC CPU cores usage while to compile your project to check.