Xilinx 8.2i manual Eda, Edif

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EDA

Electronic Design Automation (EDA). A generic name for all methods of entering and processing digital and analog designs for further processing, simulation, and implementation.

edge decoder

An edge decoder is a decoder whose placement is constrained to precise positions within a side of the FPGA device.

EDIF

EDIF is the Electronic Data Interchange Format, an industry standard file format for specifying a design netlist. It is generated by a third- party design-entry tool. In the Xilinx M1 flow, EDIF is the standard input format.

effort level

Effort level refers to how hard the Xilinx Design System (XDS) tries to place a design. The effort level settings are.

High, which provides the highest quality placement but requires the longest execution time. Use high effort on designs that do not route or do not meet your performance requirements.

Medium, which is the default effort level. It provides the best trade-off between execution time and high quality placement for most designs.

Low, which provides the fastest execution time and adequate placement results for prototyping of simple, easy-to-route designs. Low effort is useful if you are exploring a large design space and only need estimates of final performance.

ENRead

Mentor Graphics EDIF netlist reader. Translates an EDIF netlist into an EDDM single object.

entity

An entity is a set of interconnected components.

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