Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Settings File Reference Manual

ID 683296
Date 4/11/2025
Public

Visible to Intel only — GUID: QSF-ENABLE_DEFENSIVE_SYNTHESIS

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ENABLE_DEFENSIVE_SYNTHESIS

Enable the defensive synthesis flow during compilation. Defensive synthesis looks for unsafe structures fed by registers with powerup dont-care and enables power-up care on registers which feed those structures. This protects against unexpected intial conditions from power-up if the registers are retimed.

Type

Boolean

Device Support

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

Syntax

set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_DEFENSIVE_SYNTHESIS <value>

Default Value

Off