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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Difference Between quartus_tan & quartus_sta

Hi,

Could any one explain me the exact difference between quartus_tan and quartus_sta comands. Which one should be used for the best results....

How do we differentiate these two commands... what exactly is the differing factor,..

Please let me know....

Thanks,

Sri.

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    TAN is old, and just available for designs that were run with it. _sta is TimeQuest, i.e. the new and more powerful timing analysis tool. New devices are only supported in TimeQuest.

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    Hi,

    Thanks a lot for the reply...

    But is there any performance difference between these two.... If so in what aspect they are different...

    Moreover the _sta has the capability of taking input in the form of .sdc... Is this option available for _tan ?

    Will it be good to use only _sta rather than _tan... as it is new and defenetly one could expect better results from it ...

    Please reply for my queries ...

    Bye,

    Sri