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1.1. Comparison of the EPE and the Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer
1.2. Power Estimations and Design Requirements
1.3. Power Analyzer Walkthrough
1.4. Inputs for the Power Analyzer
1.5. Power Analysis in Modular Design Flows
1.6. Power Analyzer Compilation Report
1.7. Scripting Support
1.8. Power Analysis Revision History
1.4.2.1. Waveforms from Supported Simulators
1.4.2.2. .vcd Files from Third-Party Simulation Tools
1.4.2.3. Signal Activities from RTL (Functional) Simulation, Supplemented by Vectorless Estimation
1.4.2.4. Signal Activities from Vectorless Estimation and User-Supplied Input Pin Activities
1.4.2.5. Signal Activities from User Defaults Only
1.5.1. Complete Design Simulation
1.5.2. Modular Design Simulation
1.5.3. Multiple Simulations on the Same Entity
1.5.4. Overlapping Simulations
1.5.5. Partial Simulations
1.5.6. Node Name Matching Considerations
1.5.7. Glitch Filtering
1.5.8. Node and Entity Assignments
1.5.9. Default Toggle Rate Assignment
1.5.10. Vectorless Estimation
2.5.1. Clock Power Management
2.5.2. Pipelining and Retiming
2.5.3. Architectural Optimization
2.5.4. I/O Power Guidelines
2.5.5. Memory Optimization (M20K/MLAB)
2.5.6. DDR Memory Controller Settings
2.5.7. DSP Implementation
2.5.8. Reducing High-Speed Tile (HST) Usage
2.5.9. Unused Transceiver Channels
2.5.10. Periphery Power reduction XCVR Settings
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1.1. Power Analysis Tools
The Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Suite provides tools to analyze the power consumption of your FPGA design at different stages of the design process.
- Early Power Estimator (EPE) spreadsheet—estimates power consumption for power supply planning before compiling the design.
- Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer—estimates power consumption for a post-fit design, allowing you establish guidelines for the power budget.
Figure 1. Estimation Accuracy for Different Inputs and Power Analysis Tools
Characteristic | EPE | Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer |
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When to use | Any time
Note: For post-fit power analysis, you get better results with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer.
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Post-fit |
Software requirements | Spreadsheet program | The Intel® Quartus® Prime software |
Accuracy | Medium | Medium to very high |
Data inputs |
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Data outputs
Note: The EPE and Power Analyzer outputs vary by device family.
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Estimation of transceiver power for dynamic reconfiguration features | Includes an estimation of the incremental power consumption by these features. | Not included |
Note: The Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer does not support the Intel® Arria® 10 HPS IP. You can obtain a power estimation for this Intel® FPGA IP with the EPE spreadsheet.