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Altera_Forum
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11 years ago

Overclocking RAM for simulation and compliation

A bit of a curve ball but I'm about to build a new computer and wondered if it is hugely beneficial to overclock the systems RAM (>1600MHz) when it comes to running compilation and logic simulations ...
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11 years ago

Also, be aware that simulation (if you are referring to modelsim) is artificially slowed by the licence you buy. It also used to be the case (and still may be the case) that the 32 bit version of modelsim actually ran faster than the 64 bit version. And Modelsim generally doesnt use more than a single core (again, this used to be the case, Im not sure with the newest versions).

So theres too many variables that affect the speed, much more greatly than system clock speed.