Quartus II Settings File Reference Manual - Altera

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PHYSICAL_SYNTHESIS_EFFORT
PHYSICAL_SYNTHESIS_EFFORT
Type
Specifies the amount of effort, in terms of compile time, physical synthesis should use.
Compared to the Default setting, a setting of Extra uses extra compile time to try to
gain extra circuit performance. Conversely, a setting of Fast uses less compile time
but may reduce the performance gain that physical synthesis is able to achieve.
Enumeration
■ Extra
■ Fast
■ Normal
Device Support
This setting can be used in projects targeting the following device families:
■ Arria GX
■ Arria II GX
■ Arria II GZ
■ Arria V
■ Cyclone
■ Cyclone II
■ Cyclone III
■ Cyclone III LS
■ Cyclone IV E
■ Cyclone IV GX
■ Cyclone V
■ HardCopy II
■ HardCopy III
■ HardCopy IV
■ MAX II
■ MAX V
■ Stratix
■ Stratix GX
■ Stratix II
■ Stratix II GX
■ Stratix III
■ Stratix IV
Quartus Settings File June 2012 Altera Corporation
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