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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

how do i speed up place&route timing in cyclone V

Hi, I need help to find a way to speed up fitter time because it takes me over 4 hrs to done the fitter. my sdc file is not complicated and only 76% of usage for device resource. I don't kno...
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9 years ago

4 hours doesn't sound too unreasonable. I have a 4hr build on a stratix 4 on a 16 core xeon with 48gb ram. It's tight timing and a v full device that causes the long build.

Have you got everything false pathed that needs to be? Multi cycle paths? How about logic locking the tight areas?