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18 years ago

Design Flattening

Hi, What is the meaning of Design Flattening. How can i perform Flattening in Quartus 8.0. Will i get any change in timing when flattening is done in a design ? Please share y...
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18 years ago

Design Flattening helps in optimization across hierarchical boundaries except that you lose clarity of the node namings in the netlist files across hierarchical boundaries, Which makes debugging difficult.

Few synthesis tools offer various levels to set for preserving and flattening the hierarchies.