Automatic adjustment of optimization effort in configuring programmable devices

A method of determining the configuration of a programmable device, the method comprising:

• classifying the user design associated with design goals into at least one category for each of the design goals, thereby forming a set of categories associated with the user design;
• determining a ranking of the relative difficulties of the design goals based on the set of categories associated with the user design;
• and
• determining a set of parameters of an optimization phase to emphasize at least one of the design goals according to the ranking.

An information storage medium including a plurality of instructions adapted to direct an information processing device to determine the configuration of a programmable logic device, comprising instructions for:

• classifying the user design into at least one category associated with a first design goal;
• selecting an optimization phase associated with the category, wherein the optimization phase is adapted to optimize user designs classified in the category;
• and
• determining a set of parameters for the selected optimization phase according to the category to specify the behavior of the selected optimization phase.

An information storage medium including a plurality of instructions adapted to direct an information processing device to determine the configuration of a programmable logic device, comprising instructions for:

• classifying the user design associated with a set of design goals into at least one category for each of the design goals, thereby forming a set of categories associated with the user design;
• determining a ranking of the relative difficulties of the design goals based on the set of categories associated with the user design;
• and
• determining a set of parameters of an optimization phase to emphasize at least one of the design goals according to the ranking.