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- Altera_Forum
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That's the max fanout value. So if a register has a fanout of 35, and you do that assignment, you'll end up with 5 copies, 4 that have a fanout of 8 and 1 that has a fanout of 3. The following might help:
http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/register_duplication_for_timing_closure - Altera_Forum
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is the parameter confirmed acconding to the target library?
- Altera_Forum
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Are you talking about an ASIC?
Max fanout is your constraint that you would manually enter to help timing. You can enter whatever value you want. The main purpose is to help the fitter place logic closer together, and hence achieve better timing. - Altera_Forum
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ok,I will look up some data.thanks for your response!