Implementation Strategy Descriptions - 2021.1 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Implementation (UG904)

Document ID
UG904
Release Date
2021-08-30
Version
2021.1 English
Table 1. Implementation Strategy Descriptions
Implementation Strategy Name Description
Vivado® Implementation Defaults Balances runtime with trying to achieve timing closure.
Performance_Explore Uses multiple algorithms for optimization, placement, and routing to get potentially better results.
Performance_ExplorePostRoutePhysOpt Similar to Peformance_Explore but adds phys_opt_design after routing for further improvements.
Performance_LBlockPlacement Ignore timing constraints for placing block RAM and DSPs, use wirelength instead.
Performance_LBlockPlacementFanoutOpt Ignore timing constraints for placing block RAM and DSPs, use wirelength instead, and perform aggressive replication of high fanout drivers.
Performance_EarlyBlockPlaceent Finalize placement of Block RAM and DSPs in the early stages of global placement.
Performance_NetDelay_high To compensate for optimistic delay estimation, add extra delay cost to long distance and high fanout connections (high setting, most pessimistic).
Performance_NetDelay_low

To compensate for optimistic delay estimation, add extra delay cost to long distance and high fanout connections low setting, least pessimistic).

Performance_Retiming Combines retiming in phys_opt_design with extra placement optimization and higher router delay cost.
Performance_ExtraTimingOpt Runs additional timing-driven optimizations to potentially improve overall timing slack.
Performance_RefinePlacement Increase placer effort in the post-placement optimization phase, and disable timing relaxation in the router.
Performance_SpreadSLL A placement variation for SSI devices with tendency to spread SLR crossings horizontally.
Performance_BalanceSLL A placement variation for SSI devices with more frequent crossings of SLR boundaries.
Congestion_SpreadLogic_high Spread logic throughout the device to avoid creating congested regions (high setting is the highest degree of spreading).
Congestion_SpreadLogic_medium Spread logic throughout the device to avoid creating congested regions (medium setting is the medium degree of spreading).
Congestion_SpreadLogic_low Spread logic throughout the device to avoid creating congested regions (low setting is the lowest degree of spreading).
Congestion_SpreadLogic_Explore Similar to Congestion_SpreadLogic_high, but uses the Explore directive for routing.
Congestion_SSI_SpreadLogic_high Spread logic throughout the device to avoid creating congested regions, intended for SSI devices (high setting is the highest degree of spreading).
Congestion_SSI_SpreadLogic_low Spread logic throughout the device to avoid creating congested regions, intended for SSI devices (low setting is the lowest degree of spreading).
Area_Explore Uses multiple optimization algorithms to get potentially fewer LUTs.
Area_ExploreSequential Similar to Area_Explore but adds optimization across sequential cells.
Area_ExploreWithRemap Similar to Area_Explore but adds the remap optimization to compress logic levels.
Power_DefaultOpt Adds power optimization (power_opt_design) to reduce power consumption.
Power_ExploreArea Combines sequential area optimization with power optimization (power_opt_design) to reduce power consumption.
Flow_RunPhysOpt Similar to the Implementation Run Defaults, but enables the physical optimization step (phys_opt_design).
Flow_RunPostRoutePhysOpt Similar to Flow_RunPhysOpt, but enables the Post-Route physical optimization step with the -directive Explore option.
Flow_RuntimeOptimized Each implementation step trades design performance for better run time. Physical optimization (phys_opt_design) is disabled.
Flow_Quick Fastest possible runtime, all timing-driven behavior disabled. Useful for utilization estimation.