Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Third-party Synthesis

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Date 3/28/2022
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2.6. Synplify Software Generated Files

During synthesis, the Synplify software produces several intermediate and output files.
Table 5.  Synplify Intermediate and Output Files

File Extensions

File Description

.vqm

Technology-specific netlist in .vqm file format.

A .vqm file is created for all Intel device families supported by the Intel® Quartus® Prime software.

.scf

Synopsys Constraint Format file containing timing constraints for the Timing Analyzer.

.tcl

Forward-annotated constraints file containing constraints and assignments.

A .tcl file for the Intel® Quartus® Prime software is created for all devices. The .tclfile contains the appropriate Tcl commands to create and set up an Intel® Quartus® Prime project and pass placement constraints.

.srs

Technology-independent RTL netlist file that can be read only by the Synplify software.

.srm

Technology view netlist file.

.acf

Assignment and Configurations file for backward compatibility with the MAX+PLUS II software. For devices supported by the MAX+PLUS II software, the MAX+PLUS II assignments are imported from the MAX+PLUS II .acf file.

.srr 3

Synthesis Report file.

3 This report file includes performance estimates that are often based on pre-place-and-route information. Use the fMAX reported by the Intel® Quartus® Prime software after place-and-route—it is the only reliable source of timing information. This report file includes post-synthesis device resource utilization statistics that might inaccurately predict resource usage after place-and-route. The Synplify software does not account for black box functions nor for logic usage reduction achieved through register packing performed by the Intel® Quartus® Prime software. Register packing combines a single register and look-up table (LUT) into a single logic cell, reducing logic cell utilization below the Synplify software estimate. Use the device utilization reported by the Intel® Quartus® Prime software after place‑and-route.