Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device includes performing one of synthesis, placement, and routing on the system. A designer is presented with a timing analysis of the system after one of the synthesis, placement, and routing, wherein the timing analysis reflects register retiming optimizations predicted to be implemented on the system. One of the synthesis, placement, and routing is modified in response to input provided by the designer after the presenting.

Abstract: A first circuit design description may have registers and combinational gates. Circuit design computing equipment may perform register retiming on the first circuit design description, whereby registers are moved across combinational gates during a first circuit design implementation. An engineering-change-order (ECO) of the first circuit design may result in a second circuit design. The differences between the first and second circuit designs may be confined to a region-of-change. The circuit design computing equipment may preserve the results from the first circuit design implementation and re-use portions of these results during the implementation of the second circuit design.

Abstract: A first circuit design description may have registers and combinational gates. Circuit design computing equipment may perform register retiming on the first circuit design description, whereby registers are moved across combinational gates during a first circuit design implementation. An engineering-change-order (ECO) of the first circuit design may result in a second circuit design. The differences between the first and second circuit designs may be confined to a region-of-change. The circuit design computing equipment may preserve the results from the first circuit design implementation and re-use portions of these results during the implementation of the second circuit design.

Abstract: A first circuit design description may have registers and combinational gates. Circuit design computing equipment may perform register retiming on the first circuit design description, whereby registers are moved across combinational gates during a first circuit design implementation. An engineering-change-order (ECO) of the first circuit design may result in a second circuit design. The differences between the first and second circuit designs may be confined to a region-of-change. The circuit design computing equipment may preserve the results from the first circuit design implementation and re-use portions of these results during the implementation of the second circuit design.

Abstract: Circuit design computing equipment may perform depopulation operations, constraint generation, and repopulation operations in a circuit design in anticipation of register retiming operations. A depopulation operation before placement and/or before routing operations may prevent the respective placement and/or routing operations from placing and/or routing registers from the circuit design. Constraint generation may create constraints for placement and/or routing operations that allow for the reinsertion of registers after routing operations. Repopulation operations may reinsert registers in the circuit design after routing operations according to the constraints. If desired, the circuit design computing equipment may perform register retiming operations to further improve the performance of the circuit design.

Abstract: A first circuit design description may have registers and combinational gates. Circuit design computing equipment may perform register retiming on the first circuit design description, whereby registers are moved across combinational gates during a first circuit design implementation. An engineering-change-order (ECO) of the first circuit design may result in a second circuit design. The differences between the first and second circuit designs may be confined to a region-of-change. The circuit design computing equipment may preserve the results from the first circuit design implementation and re-use portions of these results during the implementation of the second circuit design.

Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device includes performing one of synthesis, placement, and routing on the system. A designer is presented with a timing analysis of the system after one of the synthesis, placement, and routing, wherein the timing analysis reflects register retiming optimizations predicted to be implemented on the system. One of the synthesis, placement, and routing is modified in response to input provided by the designer after the presenting.

Abstract: Circuit design computing equipment may perform depopulation operations, constraint generation, and repopulation operations in a circuit design in anticipation of register retiming operations. A depopulation operation before placement and/or before routing operations may prevent the respective placement and/or routing operations from placing and/or routing registers from the circuit design. Constraint generation may create constraints for placement and/or routing operations that allow for the reinsertion of registers after routing operations. Repopulation operations may reinsert registers in the circuit design after routing operations according to the constraints. If desired, the circuit design computing equipment may perform register retiming operations to further improve the performance of the circuit design.

Abstract: A method of configuring an integrated circuit device with a user logic design includes placing and routing the user logic design, retiming the placed and routed user logic design, examining the retimed user logic design for at least one path that lacks sufficient registers for retiming, and rerouting the user logic design to find additional registers for further retiming the at least one path. Portions of the method may be performed iteratively until a condition, which may be a performance criterion, is met. The method may further include assuming the paths that are constrained have been repaired, and examining further paths downstream from those paths.