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12 years ago

try to find bitstream size and area estimates in Quartus stratix V

Hi 1. Is there a way to find bitstream size of a specific mapping in Quartus? By using .sof file? But it seems to be for total board. Is there a way to find numbers for active/utilized par...
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12 years ago

The bitstream always has the same size, as even the unused parts of the FPGA need to be configured. You can reduce the bitstream size in a configuration flash by using compression.

To know how much of the FPGA is used in a project, have a look at the fitter report.