zFAST: ZeBu Fast Synthesis
EVE’s FPGA-based ZeBu emulators hold the promise of extremely high execution speed, and enable the validation of system-level scenarios that are unthinkable with simulation farms or custom processor-based emulators. However, for large ASIC designs, most FPGA synthesis tools are simply not up to the task of quickly producing an emulation-friendly netlist. zFAST (ZeBu Fast Synthesis) is a Xilinx® Virtex® FPGA synthesis tool from EVE, specifically targeted for use with ZeBu emulators, and supporting SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, and mixed language designs. zFAST is fully integrated into the EVE toolset, and enhances ZeBu emulation by providing extremely fast parallel and incremental synthesis, support for non-synthesizable constructs and memory inference, and enabling greater debug capabilities.
Download the zFAST Datasheet here.
Features
- 10X to 20X faster than Third-Party Synthesis Tools
- Supports Full and Block Synthesis Modes, Parallel and Incremental Synthesis
- Supports SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL and Mixed Language designs
- Supports User Defined Primitives (UDPs), Automatic Memory Inference and Synopsys DesignWare® Foundation Library Components
- Enhanced debugging with support for Synthesizable SystemVerilog Assertions, RTL name preservation, preload, read and write support for Inferred memories
- Efficient Use of FPGA and Emulator resources
- Comparable Area to Third-Party FPGA Synthesis (-10% to +25%)
- Emulation Speed equivalent to Third-Party FPGA Synthesis
- Fully Integrated with ZeBu Compiler and Runtime environment
- Interoperable with Third-Party FPGA Synthesis Tools
SEE ALSO
- Solution: ZeBu-Debug
- Datasheet: ZEMI-3 Transactor Compiler
- Datasheet: zFAST