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16 years ago

Identical inputs different outputs

Hi! I have ran Quartus II on two different computers with the same OS (Windows XP), the same version of Quartus II, identical source code, constraints and scripts. On one of the computers eve...
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16 years ago

I think that's ~2ns difference, which I would say is high, but if your datapath is 30ns, variation could account for that. So yes, it could. Note that there are bazillions of possible solutions, so any small change will send it down a different path and cause variation. All fitters have this affect.