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10 years ago

Modelsim vs Quartus compiling speed

Hello to all, I noticed that Modelsim compiling time is very lower than Quartus. During initial stage of projects (simulation) this can be very time-saving. There are settings in Quartus to make...
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10 years ago

If you have an HDL file open in Quartus, you can do Processing -> Analyze Current File, which is the fastest. For the whole project, do Processing -> Start -> Hierarchy Elaboration for a quick pass through. It won't catch all logical errors, but things like syntax will be caught.