Place and route using synopsys ic compiler ece5745 tutorial 3 version 606ee8a january 30, 2016 derek lockhart. The synopsys simulator is called vcs, but it is used through an interface called discovery visual environment dve which is an interactive graphical user interface gui used for debugging systemverilog, vhdl, verilog, and systemc designs. In this tutorial you will gain experience compiling verilog rtl into cycleaccurate executable. These copies shall contain the following legend on the cover page. Synopsys opensource liberty format to incorporate on. On march 20th they announced support for the systemverilog language throughout its suite of design and verification products. Setup file is used for initializing design parameters and variables, declare design libraries, and so on. User input that is not synopsys syntax, such as a user name or password you enter in a gui, is. As usual i am putting mixed unstructured infromation on yet another tool, this time it is vcs. Well see how to use synopsys hspice simulation, synopys hercules design rule check drc and layout vs schematic tools lvs, and finally, synopsys. Environment dve can be used in sytemverilog sv testbenches. Synopsys online documentation s old, which is included with the software for cd us ers or is available to download through the. Using design compiler, you first need to generate a forward saif file.
Simulating verilog rtl using synopsys vcs cs250 tutorial 4 version 092509a september 25, 2009 yunsup lee in this tutorial you will gain experience using synopsys vcs to compile cycleaccurate executable simulators from verilog rtl. Synopsys authorization manager enables supervisors to add new users to the system and associate them to specific user groups. These files are provided in the tutorials folder on the website and on the cae unix systems. Whats new enhanced mtf optimization in code v version 11. Rtltogates synthesis using synopsys design compiler. Smart tracking of soc verification progress using synopsys hierarchical verification plan hvp. Synopsys tutorial part 1 introduction to synopsys custom. Snps is a world leader in electronic design automation eda, supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property ip and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing. Parallelism fgp technology, enabling users to easily speed up highactivity. Note that this tutorial is by no means comprehensive. The synopsys synthesis methodology guide is divided into the following chapters.
Synopsys 90nm educational library we are using for the course. Aug 06, 20 well see how to use synopsys hspice simulation, synopys hercules design rule check drc and layout vs schematic tools lvs, and finally, synopsys starrcs layout parasitic extraction lpe tool. Learn the commands and how to compile the design with dve introduction. Snps, the technology leader in complex integrated circuit ic design, today announced leda 3. The primary tools we will use will be vcs verilog compiler simulator and dve, a graphical user interface to vcs for debugging and viewing waveforms. In addition, the verdi system combines advanced debug features with support for a broad range of languages and methodologies. Synopsys design vision tool to visualize the synthesized design. Hi, so i wrote the veriloge code for a counter and a testbench for it. Verdi interactive debug is a technology that allows you to setup the simulation environment and bring the interactive mode up easily to debug svtb in. In this class, we will be using the vcs tool suite from synopsys. Verdi interactive debug is a technology that allows you to setup the simulation environment and bring the interactive mode up easily to debug svtb in verdi. The reader is directed to the synopsys documentation to learn about what a. User can maintain one generalized format of xml or doc verification plan, helping the user to update project specific information easily.
If the test plan contains separate sheets for each block, those sheets needs to be added as sub plan in the top level verification plan. Using synopsys design constraints sdc with designer. Chapter 1 setup contains information and procedures about setting up synopsys software for use in creating actel designs. Synopsys documentation on the web is a collection of online manuals that provide instant access to the latest support information. The license agreement with synopsys permits licensee to make copies of the documentation for its. Later in the semester we may explore using synopsys discovery visual environment dve as. This integration is built and maintained by synopsys, and documented in the synopsys custom compiler user manual. You must set up your synopsys environment prior to running this tutorial. With this program, customers can be sure that they have the latest information about synopsys products. Synopsys vcs functional verification solution is positioned to meet designers. Custom waveview user guide university of texas at dallas. A userdefined value that is not synopsys syntax, such as a userdefined value in a verilog or vhdl statement, is indicated by regular text font italic. Error dve cannot connect to x server please check your display setting any ideas about what can be done.
Then include the forward saif file in your testbench to generate a backward annotated saif file. When synthesizing to a di erent standard cell library or technology process, you will need to replace these les with les provided by the vendor of the new cell library and process. The verdi automated debug system incorporates all of the technology and capabilities you would expect in a debug system. Mentor graphics maintains the standard interfaces between synopsys ic compiler icc and ic compiler ii icc2 and calibre interactive and calibre rve. Specify your eda simulator and executable path in the quartus ii software. Synopsys front end design using synopsys tools part 2 explore.
Aug 16, 2017 in this synopsys tool vcs tutorial, i tell the basic flow of simulation of verilogvhdl with testbench, i also tell some important argumentoption of vcs command and coverage metric. On the same day they announced introduced systemverilog verification ip support for its vcs verification library and a new native systemverilog parser in. Join date jan 2008 location germany posts 1,332 helped 287 287 points 8,900 level 22 blog entries 1. Please save it in the format as mentioned in the tutorial.
Snps, a world leader in semiconductor design software, announced it will support the suse linux enterprise server 9 operating system os from novell on both 32bit and 64bit x86 instruction sets for synopsys galaxy design and discovery verification platforms. Snps, a world leader in software and ip used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced it intends to incorporate onchip variation ocv extensions in its opensource liberty library format, the defacto modeling standard for integrated circuit ic. How to improve verification debugging using dve youtube. The reader is directed to the synopsys documentation to learn about what a collection is and how they are used. Design compiler provides the following user interfaces. Although dve is arguably more powerful than gtkwave, we have found it to be far less user friendly. Synopsys opensource liberty format to incorporate onchip. Later in the semester we may explore using synopsys discovery visual environment dve as an alternative. Synopsys announces support for suse linux with galaxy. Each copy shall include all s, trademarks, service marks, and proprietary rights notices, if any. Simulation user guide ug072 achronix semiconductor. This name mapping file maps highlevel rtl names to lowlevel gatelevel names and will result in a better match between these two models. These tools are currently available on the ece linux servers. The vcs user guide installed with the vcs software, and the synopsys vcs simulation design.
The synopsys simulator is called vcs, but it is used through an interface called discovery visual environment dve which is an interactive graphical user interface gui used for debugging systemverilog, vhdl. Sdc is a widely used format that allows designers to utilize the same sets of constraints to drive synthesis, timing analysis, and. Chapter 2 actel synopsys design flow illustrates and describes the design flow for creating actel designs using synopsys and designer. Changed chapter title to synopsys vcs and vcs mx support major revision to compiling libraries using the eda simulation library compiler on page 42 major revision to rtl functional simulations on page 42 added table 34 on page 310 and table 35 on page 311 added new section using dve on page 47. Introduction to sta using pt 11 synopsys 34000000s36 given the design, library and script files, your task will be to successfully perform sta using the primetime gui and generate reports. Synopsyscustomdesignertutorial forachipintegraon using theuniversityofutahstandardcelllibraries. Jul 26, 2018 it is not necessary to generate plan file in. Shortly, the setup file defines the behavior of the tool and is. Finegrained parallelism fgp technology, enabling users to easily speed up highactivity, longcycle tests by allocating more cores at runtime.
Synopsys design compiler tutorial ece 551 design and synthesis of digital systems spring 2002 this document provides instructions, modifications, recommendations and suggestions. In addition to the synopsys 90nm library les, the place and route tools require two additional inputs. Licensee must assign sequential numbers to all copies. Synopsys vcs basic tutorial hdl simulation flow youtube. Xilinx synopsys interface epld user guide ii xact development system chapter 4, fitting your design, provides a description of.
Well see how to use synopsys hspice simulation, synopys hercules design rule check drc and layout vs schematic tools lvs, and finally, synopsys starrcs layout parasitic extraction lpe tool. The vcs user guide installed with the vcs software, and the synopsys vcs simulation design example page. Synthesis quick reference university of california, san diego. Using dve section in the mvsim native mode user guide. The primary tools we will use will be vcs verilog compiler simulator and dve, a graphical user. Iamworkingonconver7ngtherulesfor synopsys but this may not be done by the tape out date. Synthesis quick reference home computer science and. Finally, read the backward saif file back to perform the power estimation. You will be using a simple unpipelined smipsv1 processor as your design example for this tutorial. Item minimum requirement cpu pentium 4 3ghz or amd. Introduction over recent months synopsys has issued several press releases about their support for systemverilog. Both of these les are generated by the synthesis tool. Synopsys dc will change the names of various nets as it does synthesis, so if you recall we used some extra commands in synopsys dc to generate a. Using synopsys design constraints sdc with designer this technical brief describes the commands and provides usage examples of synopsys design constraints sdc format with actels designer series software.
Right to copy documentation the license agreement with synopsys permits licensee to make copies of the documentation for its internal use only. Simulating verilog rtl using synopsys vcs getting started. Synopsys tutorial part 1 introduction to synopsys custom designer tools duration. The designer software supports both timing and physical constraints. Custom designer, global synthesis, haps, naming rules section of the. Synopsys report generator enables supervisors to generate and analyze event reports for synopsys building management projects. Quick start example vcs verilog you can adapt the following rtl simulation example to get started quickly with vcs. The synopsys collection module is an auxiliary module to spp which maps the tcl based collection idiom into perl. Rtl simulation using synopsys vcs contents 1 introduction. I believe that it will provide a lot of practical information for users than the user guides or any other tutorial.
Smart tracking of soc verification progress using synopsys. You will also learn how to use the synopsys waveform viewer to trace the various signals in your design. The text in this user guide contains references to. Later in the semester we may explore using synopsys discovery visual environment dve as an alternative to gtkwave. Each copy shall include all s, trademarks, service ma rks, and proprietary rights notices, if any. Instructions for this installation are in the synopsys ic compiler section of appendix a in the calibre interactive and calibre rve users manual. Rtltogates synthesis using synopsys design compiler ece5745 tutorial 2 version 606ee8a january 30, 2016 derek lockhart. Synopsys front end design using synopsys tools compile explore. Synopsyscollection an interface to the synopsys shell. Synopsys announces support for suse linux with galaxy design. Add indexes to ease searching of information in sold invoke primetime gui and perform 4 sta steps.
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