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2.1i Spartan-XL PAR - Router gets poor results on XCS30XL and XCS40XL designs compared to 1.5i.


Record #8421

Product Family: Software

Product Line: FPGA Implementation

Product Part: par

Product Version: 2.1i

Problem Title:

2.1i Spartan-XL PAR - Router gets poor results on XCS30XL and XCS40XL designs compared to
1.5i.



Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description:
Cases have been seen where there was a degradation in 2.1i routing
performance compared to 1.5i on larger Spartan-XL devices (XCS30XL
and XCS40XL). The problem was introduced by a new routing feature
that was thought to improve results for all Spartan-XL devices, but has
now been shown to improve routing only for smaller devices.



Solution 1:

In 2.1i Service Pack 6, this new feature will be disabled for the larger
Spartan-XL devices (XCS30XL and XCS40XL) which will restore the
routing performance to 1.5i levels.




End of Record #8421 - Last Modified: 02/08/00 15:41

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