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Altera_Forum
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20 years ago

FMAX Problem

Hello, I have a customboard design that uses the Cyclone EP1C20F324C7 device. Before I created my circuit board I created my design and let Quartus assign the pins, and I was able to achive an...
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20 years ago

Hi BT,

Oh, Don't get me going about Fmax (see July 10th).

Just a piece of simple advice given to me by my FAE which works (for me). In the Analysis and Syntheses settings, setting the Optimizaion Technique to 'balanced' usually produces a better Fmax than 'speed'. I guess it depends on how much of the Cyclone you are utilising though.

Banx.