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High fan-out signal

Altera_Forum
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Hello; 

After compiling my design in qurtusII, I found this signal "clk~inputclkctrl" have a high fan out. the node"clk" is the clk signal in my design. what can I do to solve this problem. 

Thanks.
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Altera_Forum
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this signal "clk~inputclkctrl" have a high fan out (...) what can I do to solve this problem 

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Is this a problem at all ? 

As far as I know, clocks need to have the ability to drive signal for a large amount of devices.
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Altera_Forum
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Quartus knows about high fanout for clocks and will insert additional logic as needed to compensate for it. You don't need to do anything in most cases.

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Altera_Forum
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I see you have already found this (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52117) other thead, but for others who come across this thread: you might get some info there.

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