Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Design Optimization

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Date 4/01/2024
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1.2. Initial Compiler Settings

Your design compilation results can vary significantly, depending on the initial assignments and settings that you choose prior to compiling. The Quartus® Prime software initial settings for compilation are set to provide a balanced trade-off between the time required for compilation, the device resource utilization, and the design timing performance.

You can easily adjust this trade-off to focus the Compiler's effort more on shortening the total compile time, reducing device resource utilization, or maximizing timing performance.

The initial FPGA device selection and Compiler settings have a very significant impact on design performance and optimization. You should also consider the following guidelines for specifying initial settings before compiling your design for the first time in the Quartus® Prime software.

Figure 2. Compiler Optimization Mode SettingsClick Assignments > Settings > Compiler Settings > Optimization Mode to adjust the Compiler's effort on Performance, Area, Routability, or Compile Time.