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* Warning: Design size of 42 instances exceeds ModelSim ALTERA recommended capacity.

Altera_Forum
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‎03-24-2014 12:55 PM
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Hi, 

 

I have designed a nios system and eclipse program and trying to simulate using modelsim altera starter edition. I am not getting wave properly.The below warning is the ssue???? 

 

 

 

* warning: design size of 42 instances exceeds modelsim altera recommended capacity.# this may because you are loading cell libraries which are not recommended with# the modelsim altera version. expect performance to be adversely affected. 

 

 

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40904 (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40904) 

 

have gone through the forum link,design will be slow .... etc.... because of this warning only I am not getting error??? whether I need to buy licensd altera-modelsim?? 

 

reply pls
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