- •Contents
- •Preface
- •About This Manual
- •Other Information Sources
- •Syntax Conventions
- •Text Command Syntax
- •About the Graphical User Interface
- •Using Menus
- •Using Forms
- •Introduction to Ambit BuildGates Synthesis
- •Separately Licensed Software Products
- •Low Power Synthesis
- •Physically Knowledgeable Synthesis
- •Datapath Synthesis
- •AC_Shell / DC_Shell Equivalencies
- •Getting Started
- •Invoking Ambit BuildGates Synthesis
- •Exiting Ambit BuildGates Synthesis
- •Files Used in Ambit BuildGates Synthesis Software
- •Key Bindings and Mouse Operations
- •Using the GUI
- •Main Menu Functions
- •File Menu Options
- •Edit Menu Options
- •View Menu Options
- •Commands Menu Options
- •Reports Menu Options
- •Window Menu Options
- •Help Menu Options
- •The Tool Bar
- •The Browsers
- •The Module Browser
- •The Variable Browser
- •Work Area Tools
- •HDL and Tcl Editors
- •Constraints Tool
- •The Schematic Viewer
- •Distributed Processing
- •Update Mode
- •The ac_shell Console
- •The Status Bar
- •Flow Procedures
- •Typical Synthesis Flow
- •Read the Libraries
- •Read the Design Data
- •Build Generic Netlist
- •Set Constraints
- •Optimize the Design
- •Generate Reports
- •Save Final Netlist
- •Viewing the Schematic Design
- •How to Use the Schematic Viewer
- •Keyboard Shortcuts
- •Mouse Operations
- •Objects in the Schematic Database
- •Accessing Context-Sensitive Pop-Up Menus
- •Highlighting Path Between Pins
- •Viewing Bus Properties
- •The Schematic Tool Bar
- •The Module Title Bar
- •Searching for an Object
- •Grouping Instances
- •Dissolving Instances
- •Creating a Unique Module
- •Displaying Logic Cones
- •Extracting Logic Cones
- •Displaying Port Constraints
- •Printing a Schematic
- •Setting Constraints
- •Setting a Hierarchical Context
- •Units in Constraints
- •Timing Constraints
- •Timing Analysis
- •Setting up Timing Context
- •Clock Insertion Delay Time
- •Data Arrival Time
- •External Delay
- •Multicycle Paths
- •Setting Drive Cell for Input Ports
- •Setting Drive Resistance
- •Slew Related Commands
- •Technology and Design Rule Constraints
- •Operating Conditions
- •Estimating Capacitance and Resistance
- •Port Capacitance
- •Capacitance Limit
- •Fanout
- •Fanout Limit
- •External Sources and Sinks
- •Wire Capacitance
- •Wire Resistance
- •Wire Load Model Selection
- •Optimizing Before Place and Route
- •Running do_optimize Command
- •Top-Down Optimization
- •Bottom-Up Optimization
- •Deriving Constraints from Context
- •Time Budgeting
- •Preserving Module Contents
- •Uniquifying Instances
- •Collapsing Hierarchy
- •Incremental Optimization
- •Applying Timing Corrections
- •Optimizing with Logic Transforms
- •Introduction to Transforms
- •Logic Optimization Steps
- •Optimizing Generic Logic
- •Mapping and Unmapping of Generic Logic
- •Constraint-Driven Optimizing
- •Summary Listing of Transform Commands
- •Optimizing After Place and Route
- •Timing Analysis
- •Backannotating
- •A Script Showing the Backannotation of a Design
- •Reading SDF Data
- •Optimizing to Correct Late and Early Slack
- •Report Generation
- •Report Header
- •Timing Reports
- •Area Reports
- •Sample Area Report
- •Library Reports
- •Hierarchy Reports
- •Sample Hierarchy Report
- •Design Rule Violations Reports
- •Sample Design Rule Violations Report
- •VHDL Library Reports
- •Sample VHDL Library Report
- •End Point Slack and Path Histogram Reports
- •Fanin and Fanout Reports
- •Sample Fanin Report
- •Finite State Machine Reports
- •Sample FSM Report
- •Customizing Report Column Width
- •Using Tcl within ac_shell and pks_shell
- •The Tcl Language
- •Procedures
- •Tcl Variables and Control Structures
- •Variables
- •Syntax
- •Tcl Commands
- •get_names Command
- •Abbreviating Commands
- •Searching for Commands
- •Accessing Environment Variables
- •Returning Unix Command Values
- •Error Handling
- •Quick Reference
Ambit BuildGates Synthesis User Guide
Product Version 4.0
September 2000
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Ambit BuildGates Synthesis User Guide
Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................ |
9 |
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Other Information Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
9 |
Syntax Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
10 |
Text Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
10 |
About the Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
11 |
Using Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Using Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Introduction to Ambit BuildGates Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
13 |
Separately Licensed Software Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
13 |
Low Power Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
14 |
Physically Knowledgeable Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
14 |
Datapath Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
14 |
AC_Shell / DC_Shell Equivalencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
15 |
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Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
27 |
Invoking Ambit BuildGates Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
27 |
Exiting Ambit BuildGates Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
30 |
Files Used in Ambit BuildGates Synthesis Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
31 |
Key Bindings and Mouse Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
31 |
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Using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Main Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
37 |
File Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
38 |
Edit Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
40 |
View Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Commands Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Reports Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
59 |
Window Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
67 |
Help Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
69 |
The Tool Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
71 |
The Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
72 |
The Module Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
72 |
The Variable Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
76 |
Work Area Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
78 |
HDL and Tcl Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
78 |
Constraints Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
84 |
The Schematic Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
88 |
Distributed Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
88 |
Update Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
89 |
The ac_shell Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
90 |
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Flow Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
. 93 |
Typical Synthesis Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
93 |
Read the Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
95 |
Read the Design Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
98 |
Build Generic Netlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
99 |
Set Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
101 |
Optimize the Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
103 |
Generate Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
106 |
Save Final Netlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Viewing the Schematic Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
109 |
How to Use the Schematic Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
110 |
Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
110 |
Mouse Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Objects in the Schematic Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
113 |
Accessing Context-Sensitive Pop-Up Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
114 |
Highlighting Path Between Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
119 |
Viewing Bus Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
120 |
The Schematic Tool Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
122 |
The Module Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
124 |
Searching for an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
125 |
Grouping Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
127 |
Dissolving Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
128 |
Creating a Unique Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
129 |
Displaying Logic Cones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
130 |
Extracting Logic Cones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
131 |
Displaying Port Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
133 |
Printing a Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
134 |
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Setting Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
135 |
Setting a Hierarchical Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
135 |
Units in Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
136 |
Timing Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
136 |
Timing Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
136 |
Setting up Timing Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
137 |
Ideal Clock Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
137 |
Clock Insertion Delay Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
139 |
Data Arrival Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
141 |
External Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
144 |
Multicycle Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
145 |
Setting Drive Cell for Input Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
150 |
Setting Drive Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
152 |
Slew Related Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
153 |
Technology and Design Rule Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
157 |
Operating Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
157 |
Estimating Capacitance and Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
157 |
Port Capacitance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
159 |
Capacitance Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Fanout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Fanout Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
160 |
External Sources and Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
161 |
Wire Capacitance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
161 |
Wire Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
162 |
Wire Load Model Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Optimizing Before Place and Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
165 |
Running do_optimize Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
166 |
Top-Down Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Bottom-Up Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
168 |
Deriving Constraints from Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
169 |
Time Budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
169 |
Preserving Module Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
171 |
Uniquifying Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
173 |
Collapsing Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
174 |
Incremental Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
175 |
Applying Timing Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
176 |
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Optimizing with Logic Transforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
177 |
Introduction to Transforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
177 |
Logic Optimization Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
178 |
Optimizing Generic Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
179 |
Mapping and Unmapping of Generic Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
180 |
Constraint-Driven Optimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
181 |
Summary Listing of Transform Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
182 |
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Optimizing After Place and Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
185 |
Timing Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
185 |
Backannotating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
186 |
A Script Showing the Backannotation of a Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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188 |
Optimizing to Correct Late and Early Slack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
188 |
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Report Generation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
191 |
Report Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
192 |
Timing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
192 |
Area Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
193 |
Sample Area Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
194 |
Library Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
195 |
Hierarchy Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
196 |
Sample Hierarchy Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
197 |
Design Rule Violations Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
198 |
Sample Design Rule Violations Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
199 |
VHDL Library Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
200 |
Sample VHDL Library Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
201 |
End Point Slack and Path Histogram Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
202 |
Fanin and Fanout Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
203 |
Sample Fanin Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
204 |
Finite State Machine Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
206 |
Sample FSM Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
207 |
Customizing Report Column Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
209 |
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Using Tcl within ac_shell and pks_shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
211 |
The Tcl Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
212 |
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
212 |
Tcl Variables and Control Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
213 |
Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
213 |
Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
215 |
Tcl Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
216 |
find Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
216 |
get_names Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
217 |
Abbreviating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Searching for Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
218 |
Accessing Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
218 |
Returning Unix Command Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
218 |
Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
219 |
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Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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