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Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys® by Pran Kurup

By Pran Kurup

Logic Synthesis utilizing Synopsys®, moment Edition is for somebody who hates studying manuals yet may nonetheless prefer to study good judgment synthesis as practised within the actual international. Synopsys Design Compiler, the prime synthesis instrument within the EDA market, is the first concentration of the publication. The contents of this ebook are in particular geared up to help designers conversant in schematic capture-based layout to increase the necessary services to successfully use the Synopsys DesignCompiler. Over a hundred `Classic eventualities' confronted by means of designers whilst utilizing the Design Compiler were captured, mentioned and ideas supplied. those eventualities are in response to either own reports and genuine consumer queries. A basic knowing of the problem-solving options supplied can help the reader debug related and extra advanced difficulties. furthermore, numerous examples and dc_shell scripts (Design Compiler scripts) have additionally been supplied.
Logic Synthesis utilizing Synopsys®, moment Edition is an up-to-date and revised model of the very profitable first version.
the second one version covers a number of new and rising parts, as well as advancements within the presentation and contents in all chapters from the 1st variation. With the swift shrinking of technique geometries it's changing into more and more very important that `physical' phenomenon like clusters and cord quite a bit be thought of through the synthesis section. The expanding call for for FPGAs has warranted a better specialise in FPGA synthesis instruments and technique. ultimately, behavioral synthesis, the stream to designing at a better point of abstraction than RTL, is speedy changing into a fact. those components have led to the inclusion of separate chapters within the moment version to hide hyperlinks to format, FPGA Synthesis and Behavioral Synthesis, respectively. Logic SynthesisUsing Synopsys®, moment Edition has been written with the CAD engineer in brain. a transparent knowing of the synthesis software techniques, its functions and the similar CAD matters may also help the CAD engineer formulate a good synthesis-based ASIC layout method. The rationale is usually to aid layout groups to higher contain and successfully combine synthesis with their latest in-house layout method and CAD tools.

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In this section, the design and synthesis of clocked synchronous state machines using DC are discussed along with several examples. The advantages and disadvantages of the different techniques are also discussed. Finally some tips and limitations of state machine synthesis are provided. A fmite state machine (FSM) consists of a current state (P) and a next state (N), inputs (I) and outputs (0). State Machines can be classified as Mealy or Moore machines depending on how the outputs are generated.

Since Verilog does not have a configuration management mechanism like VHDL, this is not applicable to Verilog. 9 Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys A Package, a VHDL Design, and a dc_shell Script package my-pack is type fsm_states is (state 1, state2, state3, state4); end my-pack; /I VHDL file using my-pack library States; use States. my-pack. mra extensions. 9 shows a package my-pack, a VHDL design file that requires the my_pack package and the dc_shell script. The synthesis tool provides a mechanism by which the user can map a design library to a UNIX directory.

The type buffer can be used when an output must be used internally. The use of mode buffer is not recommended for synthesis. This is because ports of mode buffer can only be associated with ports of mode buffer and gate level VIIDL simulation models from ASIC vendors never use the mode buffer. Once declared as a buffer, all 34 Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys references to the particular output port must be declared as buffer throughout the hierarchy. Hence, there is a potential for a port mode type mismatch when using mode buffer.

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