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AYoun22
New Contributor
6 years agodoes quartus prime do logic optimization/minimization, like a+~a will be replaced by 1?
I found that Quartus prime does not do any logic optimization/minimization compared to other synthesis tools like mentor's precision or synplify. I am using the lite edition and defaults in the proje...
ak6dn
Regular Contributor
6 years agoQuartus does a LOT of logic optimization. How can you say it 'does not do any optimization/minimization'? That is NOT my experience at all.
Logic functions (like A or not A) will be reduced to constants and folded into the equations. Logic that generates unused functions will be eliminated.
So I completely disagree with your statement.
AYoun22
New Contributor
6 years agoi cannot agree:
module infer (
output wire q,
input wire a, b
);
assign q = (a & ~b) | (a & b);
endmodule
q in this equation should = a, but here is the net schematic: