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M1.4 CPLD: Some designs which used to fit in M1.3 failed with M1.4.


Record #2910

Product Family: Software

Product Line: CPLD Implementation

Product Part: hitop

Product Version: 1.4

Problem Title:
M1.4 CPLD: Some designs which used to fit in M1.3 failed with M1.4.


Problem Description:
Urgency: standard

General Description:

Some CPLD designs that fit with M1.3 in a particular device won't fit any more
with M1.4. In some cases the fitter will fail to meet the Timing
Specifications as well.

For backward compatibility with M1.3 do the following:


Solution 1:

Through the Design Manager invoke the Flow Engine. Go to Setup -> Options. Click on Edit Template button in the Program Option Template box. Go to the Advanced
Optimization TAB of the XC9500 Implementation Options Template. Turn the
Multi-level Logic Optimization off by clicking on the button on the left of the text.



Solution 2:

In the Advanced Optimization TAB, also change the "Collapsing Pterm Limit" value to 15.




End of Record #2910 - Last Modified: 12/07/99 10:50

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