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Partition Optimizations
Partition Optimizations are techniques or methods for using Partitions to help the implementation of a design. Partitions are helpful for preserving parts of a design that have been successfully implemented, which is also known as design preservation.
Using Partitions for Design Preservation
Design preservation improves the run-time of a design, since it eliminates having to re-implement the entire design. Following are ways Partitions can be used effectively for design preservation:
  •  Divide utilized logic resources into equivalent sized Partitions to provide the best opportunity for run-time to be reduced when only one Partition is modified.
  •  Place a Partition on an instance that has difficulty meeting timing or physical constraints.  After a successful implementation, the Partition will be 100% preserved so timing closure will not have to be resolved again.
  •  Some designs are verified on a module-by-module basis. Set Partitions on instances that coincide with a block that has its own verification test bench.  Because unmodified Partitions are exactly preserved, they will not need to be re-verified between implementations.
  •  Some types of IP (Intellectual Property) or cores may implement more effectively if they are isolated from the rest of the design.  Creating a Partition for the block of IP will accomplish this isolation.  However, some IP requires optimization between it and the rest of the design.  A Partition should not be placed on this type of IP.
What to do First
  1.  In the source model, review the instances in the design to identify ones that you would like to place Partitions on.  
  2.  Leave the preserve setting to default: routing/inherit or assign properties to the instances, using the Partition preserve command.
What to Expect
Design preservation and improved runtime.  
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