Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Power Analysis and Optimization

ID 683174
Date 12/04/2023
Public

A newer version of this document is available. Customers should click here to go to the newest version.

Document Table of Contents

3.3.3. Area-Driven Synthesis

Using area optimization rather than timing or delay optimization during synthesis saves power because you use fewer logic blocks. Using less logic usually means less switching activity.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software provides Speed, Balanced, or Area for the Optimization Technique option. You can also specify this logic option for specific modules in your design with the Assignment Editor in cases where you want to reduce area using the Area setting (potentially at the expense of register-to-register timing performance) while leaving the default Optimization Technique setting at Balanced (for the best trade-off between area and speed for certain device families). The Speed Optimization Technique can increase the resource usage of your design if the constraints are too aggressive and can also result in increased power consumption.