Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Design Optimization

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Date 12/04/2023
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5.5.9.6. Flatten the Hierarchy During Synthesis

Synthesis tools typically let you preserve hierarchical boundaries, which can be useful for verification or other purposes. However, the best optimization results generally occur when the synthesis tool optimizes across hierarchical boundaries, because doing so often allows the synthesis tool to perform the most logic minimization, which can improve performance. Whenever possible, flatten your design hierarchy to achieve the best results.