A method for designing a system on a target device includes merging a post-fit netlist for a first partition of the system from a set-up compilation with a post-synthesis netlist for a second partition of the system from an incremental compilation to form a combined netlist. Fitting is performed on the...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US7464362?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US7464362 - Method and apparatus for performing incremental compilation