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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Out of memory in module quartus_fit.exe

Hi,

I am trying to map a 256 byte memory in stratix V. My design synthesizes properly but while fitting it gives an error "Out of memory in module quartus_fit.exe". I am wondering what can be the cause of this. My computer configuration is :

OS: Windows XP Professional

Total Physical Memory: 4GB

Available Physical Memory: 2GB

Available Virtual Memory: 2GB

Page File Space: 5GB

I am using a subscription version of Quartus II 11.0. Please note that I have been successful in compiling designs upto Stratix IV. Can anybody figure out the problem here.

Thanks

Anandaroop Ghosh

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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    Basically, you do not have enough memory. IIRC, you need a minumum of 3GB phyisical memory (available) to compile stratix 5 properly. If you have a 32 bit system, then you actually only have 3GB Max available to windows becuase of system overheads. There is a boot setting somewhere that increases the 2GB cap per process of physical memory, but I cannot recall where that is.

    I would recommend moving to a 64-bit machine.