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CHAPTER 9: TIMING CLOSURE
USING THE TIMING OPTIMIZATION ADVISOR
166 ■ INTRODUCTION TO QUARTUS II ALTERA CORPORATION
Using the Timing Optimization 
Advisor
The Timing Optimization Advisor offers recommendations for optimizing 
your design for timing in the following areas:
■ Maximum frequency (f
MAX
)
■ Setup timing (t
SU
)
■ Clock-to-output (t
CO
)
■ Propagation delay (t
PD
)
If you have an open project, you can view the Timing Optimization Advisor 
by choosing Timing Optimization Advisor (Tools menu). If the project has 
not been compiled yet, the Timing Optimization Advisor provides only 
general recommendations for optimizing for timing. If the project has been 
compiled, however, the Timing Optimization Advisor can provide specific 
timing recommendations for the project, based on the project information 
and current settings. Figure 3 shows the Timing Optimization Advisor.
Figure 3. Timing Optimization Advisor Initial Page
Working with assignments in the 
Floorplan Editor
“Overview: Working with Assignments in 
the Floorplan Editor” in Quartus II Help
LogicLock module in the Quartus II tutorial
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