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Article #7Silicon compilation to FPGAs?
From: Michael Gschwind
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 08:10
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 08:10
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We are embarking on a project where we expect to do silicon compilation targeted to Xilinx FPGAs. We have both Racal-Redac and Synopsys here, but we don't really know which one to choose to do VHDL synthesis. What are the pros and cons of both tools. Since we don't really want to have to handle two tools, we'd like to hear from anybody who has had experience with either of these tools. Answers to the following questions and any other kind of info/rumor/gossip etc. concerning these tools will be appreciated: How fast is the compilation? How stable are the tools? How effectively can you influence compilation strategies? Did you target to FPGAs or a different technology? How efficient is the generated layout? Did the compiler generate a functionally correct layout? What other tools where necessary to fully simulate the design and generated a bit stream? Xilinx tools? Viewlogic? Caveats? ThanX in advance, mike -- Michael Gschwind, Institut fuer Technische Informatik, TU Wien snail: Treitlstrasse 3-182-2 || A-1040 Wien || Austria email: mike@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at note: real time != real fast phone: +(43)(1)58801 8156 fax: +(43)(1)569 697 Ah! la vida es una fiesta, es surf, es playa, es calor,...
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