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15 years ago

Quartus Performance - What Processor, Memory, Disk?

I'm about to get a new PC, and want to make sure that Quartus will run smoothly and fast. I'm managing increasingly large designs and I hate to wait, especially when working late :-) I've searc...
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15 years ago

I think what works best is quite dependent on your design.

Personally, I have never seen the multi processor option in Quartus help. However, some of the results posted in this thread indicate it can be a big help.

Has anyone here ever done testing with 32 bit vs 64 bit?

I also tested this with the same design I mentioned earlier. I found that using 64 bit took slightly longer to compile. In this case, I would guess if your design can compile with less than about 2 gigs of RAM usage, 32 bit is probably a little faster. For larger designs, 64 bit may be a big advantage.

One thing I have not tried is compiling under Windows vs Linux. Does anyone have any experience with this?