Hi Casper, [Question]: Is there a way to ask casper_xps to finish synthesized design and stop there (meaning not to attempt placement), and I take over in PlanAhead? This will save me a few hours each run. I checked the casper wiki for casper_xps but I'm not sure which step corresponds to completion of synthesized design.
[Background]: We have an X-engine design that is guaranteed not to meet timing in casper_xps compiling, but we have found a reliable floor planning strategy (pblocks etc) in PlanAhead to make it compile. I have been debugging it thus making minor changes that makes no difference as far as compiling is concerned, so it is a waste of time in casper_xps to go from a synthesised design to an implemented design, given that its implementation will fail timing anyways. (I'm using planahead language here, sorry if that's not clear.) Thank you guys so much! Jeff [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X] [X]
