Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Design Optimization

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Date 10/04/2021
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4.2.3.7. Guideline: Flatten the Hierarchy During Synthesis

Synthesis tools typically provide the option of preserving hierarchical boundaries, which can be useful for verification or other purposes. However, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software optimizes across hierarchical boundaries so as to perform the most logic minimization, which can reduce area in a design with no design partitions.