User Guide - National Cheng Kung University

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6 Service Marks (SM). MAP-in, SVP Caf , and TAP-in are service marks of Synopsys, Inc. SystemC is a trademark of the Open SystemC Initiative and is used under license. ARM and AMBA are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. All other product or company names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Printed in the Document Order Number: 36042-000 ZA. Design Compiler user Guide , version ii Contents What's New in This Release .. xvi About This Manual .. xxvi Customer Support .. xxxi 1. Introduction to Design Compiler Design Compiler and the Design Flow .. 1-2. Design Compiler Family .. 1-4. DC Expert .. 1-5. DC Ultra .. 1-6. HDL Compiler Tools .. 1-6. DesignWare Library .. 1-7. DFT Compiler.. 1-7. Module Compiler .. 1-7. Power Compiler .. 1-7. Design Vision.

7 1-8. Design Compiler FPGA .. 1-8. iii 2. Design Compiler Basics The High-Level Design Flow .. 2-3. Running Design Compiler .. 2-6. Design Compiler Modes.. 2-7. Design Compiler Interfaces .. 2-8. Setup Files .. 2-9. Starting Design Compiler.. 2-11. Exiting Design Compiler.. 2-12. Getting Command Help .. 2-13. Using Command Log Files.. 2-15. Using the Filename Log File .. 2-15. Using Script Files .. 2-16. Working with Licenses .. 2-16. Listing the Licenses in Use.. 2-17. Getting Licenses.. 2-17. Releasing Licenses .. 2-17. Following the Basic Synthesis Flow .. 2-18. A Design Compiler Session Example .. 2-25. 3. Preparing Design Files for Synthesis Managing the Design Data .. 3-2. Controlling the Design Data .. 3-2. Organizing the Design Data.. 3-3. Partitioning for Synthesis.

8 3-4. Partitioning for Design Reuse .. 3-5. iv Keeping Related Combinational Logic Together .. 3-5. Registering Block Outputs .. 3-7. Partitioning by Design Goal .. 3-8. Partitioning by Compile Technique.. 3-9. Keeping Sharable Resources Together .. 3-10. Keeping user -Defined Resources With the Logic They Drive .. 3-11. Isolating Special Functions .. 3-12. HDL Coding for Synthesis .. 3-13. Writing Technology-Independent HDL .. 3-14. Inferring Components.. 3-14. Using Synthetic Libraries .. 3-18. Designing State Machines .. 3-21. Using HDL Constructs .. 3-22. General HDL Constructs .. 3-22. Using Verilog Macro Definitions .. 3-27. Using VHDL Port Definitions .. 3-28. Writing Effective Code .. 3-28. Guidelines for Identifiers.. 3-28. Guidelines for Expressions.

9 3-30. Guidelines for Functions.. 3-31. Guidelines for Modules.. 3-33. 4. Working With Libraries Selecting a Semiconductor Vendor .. 4-2. Understanding the Library Requirements .. 4-3. Technology Libraries .. 4-3. v Symbol Libraries .. 4-5. DesignWare Libraries .. 4-5. Specifying Libraries .. 4-6. Specifying Technology Libraries .. 4-6. Target Library .. 4-7. Link Library.. 4-7. Specifying DesignWare Libraries.. 4-10. Specifying a Library Search Path.. 4-10. Loading Libraries.. 4-11. Listing Libraries .. 4-11. Reporting Library Contents .. 4-12. Specifying Library Objects.. 4-12. Directing Library Cell Usage .. 4-13. Excluding Cells From the Target Library .. 4-13. Specifying Cell Preferences.. 4-14. Removing Libraries From Memory .. 4-16. Saving Libraries.

10 4-16. 5. Working With Designs in Memory Design Terminology.. 5-3. About Designs .. 5-3. Flat Designs .. 5-3. Hierarchical Designs .. 5-3. Design Objects.. 5-4. vi Relationship Between Designs, Instances, and References.. 5-6. Using Reference Objects .. 5-7. Design Database Formats.. 5-8. Reading Designs .. 5-9. Commands for Reading Design Files .. 5-10. Using the analyze and elaborate Commands .. 5-10. Using the read_file Command .. 5-12. Using the read_milkyway command .. 5-14. Reading HDL Designs .. 5-14. Reading .ddc Files .. 5-15. Reading .db Files .. 5-15. Listing Designs in Memory .. 5-16. Setting the Current Design .. 5-17. Using the current_design Command .. 5-18. Linking Designs .. 5-19. Locating Designs by Using a Search Path.. 5-21. Changing Design References.