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Add documentation to explain which parts of VPR are parellel
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doc/src/vpr/command_line_usage.rst

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If this option is not specified it may be set from the ``VPR_NUM_WORKERS`` environment variable; otherwise the default is used.
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If this option is set to something other than 1, the following algorithms can be run in parallel:
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* Timing Analysis
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* Routing (If routing algorithm is set to parallel or parallel_decomp; See :option:`--router_algorithm`)
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* Portions of analytical placement (If using the analytical placement flow and compiled VPR with Eigen enabled; See :option:`--analytical_place`)
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.. note:: To compile VPR to allow the usage of parallel workers, ``libtbb-dev`` must be installed in the system.
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**Default:** ``1``

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