Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Settings File Reference Manual

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Date 4/01/2024
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SEED

Specifies the starting value the Fitter uses when randomly determining the initial placement for the current design. The value can be any non-negative integer value. Changing the starting value may or may not produce better fitting. Specify a starting value only if the Fitter is not meeting timing requirements by a small amount. The Design Space Explorer tool lets you sweep many seed values easily to find the best value for a given project. Modifying the design or Quartus settings even slightly will usually change which seed is best for the design.

Old Name

INITIAL_PLACEMENT_CONFIGURATION

Type

Integer

Device Support

  • This setting can be used in projects targeting any Intel FPGA device family.

Notes

This assignment is not copied when you create a companion revision for HardCopy II devices.

This assignment is included in the Fitter report.

Syntax

set_global_assignment -name SEED <value>

Default Value

1