Chapter 10

PAR - Place and Route

This program is compatible with the following families.

• XC3000A/L
  
  
• XC3100A/L
  
  
• XC4000E/L
  
  
• XC4000EX/XL/XV/XLA
  
  
• XC5200
  
  
• Spartan
  
  
• SpartanXL
  
  
• Virtex
  
  

This chapter describes PAR. The chapter contains the following sections.

• “PAR”
  
  
• “PAR and the Timing Analysis Software”
  
  
• “PAR Syntax”
  
  
• “PAR Files”
  
  
• “PAR Options”
  
  
• “PAR Operation”
  
  
• “Guided PAR”
  
  
• “Output from PAR”
  
  
• “Scoring the Routed Design”
  
  
• “Turns Engine (PAR Multi-Tasking Option)”
  
  
• “Command Line Examples”
  
  
• “Halting PAR”