Why does the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition report that the Average Processors Used is equal to 1 when running the Fitter and timing analysis phase during compilation?

Description

Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 19.3, you may see that only 1 processor is reported; however, multiple processors are actually compiling the design.

Resolution

This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 20.1.