How do synthesis tools work

Contact Us. Watch Videos Webinars. Community embARC. Manage Business and Software Risk Manage software risk at the speed your business demands. Cybersecurity Research Center Overview Research. Resources Events Webinars Newsletters Blogs. Comprehensive Software Analysis. Logic synthesis tools also allows for technology independent designs. So what is logic synthesis?

Logic synthesis converts a high-level description of design into an optimized gate-level netlist. Logic synthesis uses a standard cell libraries which have simple cells, like basic logic gates and, or, and nor , or some macro cells adder, muxes, memory, and flip-flops. Standard cells put together are called technology library. A lot of times synthesis tools especially for FPGAs can become technology specific and this can cause issues in the long run with reuse.

Here at Aldec in our hardware toolchain we do use other synthesis tools for logic synthesis. But having our own logic synthesis tools in our tool chain does provide more control and integration with a complete verification flow. And this is what we plan on accomplishing with our SynthHESer product. We bench marked some designs against Vivado and we performed around 10x faster. It supports General Technology GTech netlist for synthesis to technology independent netlist. It also provides faster netlist processing and less memory usage, improved debug probing and HVD algorithms.

If you would like to try it out, go ahead and request a free evaluation license. Comprehensive Software Analysis. Manage Business and Software Risk. All Synopsys. What is Physical Synthesis? How does physical synthesis work? Importance of physical synthesis. Fusion Compiler. Benefits of physical synthesis. What solutions does Synopsys offer? Benefits of this technology include: Single, integrated data model architecture for unmatched capacity, scalability, and productivity Unified RTL-to-GDSII optimization engines that unlock new opportunities for best performance, power, and area results Built-in signoff timing, parasitic extraction, and power analysis to eliminate design iterations Pervasive parallelization with multi-threaded and distributed processing technologies for maximum throughput Leading foundry process certified FinFET, gate-all-around, and multi-patterning aware design.

Related Solutions. Related Content. For more information about these netlist optimizations, see the Netlist Optimizations and Physical Synthesis chapter in the Quartus II Handbook , volume 2. For more information about how these and other options can help you optimize a design, see the Design Optimization Overview chapter in the Quartus II Handbook , volume 2. Scripting Information. More information is available on the Compiler on the Altera website. Rate This Page.

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