After compiling few FPGAs, I have found this phenomenon. When the design occupies a small fraction of the FPGA, par throws the stuff loosely spread all over the FPGA...like ugly zigzags... When the design occupies 80% of the FPGA, par kompresses my design densely into the bottom
60% of the FPGA, leaving top 40% loosely occupied...then it tell me it failed route...:( Weird!What may I do besides manual floorplanning?
Kelvin
You can try using the PACE to define area constraints for your design block(s), that way PAR will have a predefined location to work with,
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Yeah, when I did partial reconfigurable design, I apply area_group on two sides of my FPGA. However, the phenomenon remain for each of the partial designs.
Thanks for your reply.
Kelvin
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For a few critical paths it's possible to guide the P&R tool without resorting to full manual floorplanning. The RLOC (relative location) constraints allow you to build up a macro of a few critical registers, LUTs, or other primitives. By specifying where elements in the critical path need to be relative to each other, the P&R tool has an easier time producing the results you need. If the number of critical routes is large, this technique might not be so desireable.
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