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Datapath for Buildgates Synthesis and Cadence PKS Datapath for BuildGates Synthesis and Cadence PKS Product Version 5.0.13 December 2003 2000-2003 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 555 River Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134, USA Trademarks: Trademarks and service marks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Cadence) contained in this document are attributed to Cadence with the appropriate symbol. For queries regarding Cadence’s trademarks, contact the corporate legal department at the address shown above or call 1-800-862-4522. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Restricted Print Permission: This publication is protected by copyright and any unauthorized use of this publication may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except as specified in this permission statement, this publication may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without prior written permission from Cadence. This statement grants you permission to print one (1) hard copy of this publication subject to the following conditions: 1. The publication may be used solely for personal, informational, and noncommercial purposes; 2. The publication may not be modified in any way; 3. Any copy of the publication or portion thereof must include all original copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices and this permission statement; and 4. Cadence reserves the right to revoke this authorization at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately upon written notice from Cadence. Disclaimer: Information in this publication is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Cadence. The information contained herein is the proprietary and confidential information of Cadence or its licensors, and is supplied subject to, and may be used only by Cadence’s customer in accordance with, a written agreement between Cadence and its customer. Except as may be explicitly set forth in such agreement, Cadence does not make, and expressly disclaims, any representations or warranties as to the completeness, accuracy or usefulness of the information contained in this document. Cadence does not warrant that use of such information will not infringe any third party rights, nor does Cadence assume any liability for damages or costs of any kind that may result from use of such information. Restricted Rights: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR52.227-14 and DFAR252.227-7013 et seq. or its successor. Datapath for BuildGates Synthesis and Cadence PKS Contents List of Tables . 7 List of Examples . 9 List of Figures . 11 Preface . 13 About This Manual . 13 Other Information Sources . 13 Documentation Conventions . 15 Text Command Syntax . 15 Using Menus . 15 Using Forms . 16 1 Introduction . 17 What Does Datapath Synthesis Do? . 18 Who Benefits from Datapath Synthesis? . 19 Basic Technical Background . 19 Adder Architectures . 19 Multiplier Architectures . 19 Operator Merging . 21 Architecture Selection . 22 Datapath Synthesis Features . 22 Datapath Partitioning . 22 Operator Merging . 22 Implementation Selection . 23 Extended Language Interface . 23 December 2003 3 Product Version 5.0.13 Datapath for BuildGates Synthesis and Cadence PKS AmbitWare Library Components . 23 2 Getting Started . 25 Installation and Licensing . 26 Datapath Library Requirements . 26 Languages Supported by the Datapath Synthesis Feature . 26 3 The Datapath Synthesis Design Flow. 27 The Datapath Synthesis Design Flow . 28 Running Datapath Synthesis . 28 4 Datapath Synthesis Features . 31 Datapath Partitioning . 32 Automatic Partitioning . 32 Artificial Design Hierarchy Within Modules . 32 Operator Merging . 32 Datapath Operators . 32 Merging Criteria . 33 Typical Merging Scenarios . 34 Non-Mergeable Scenarios . 38 User Control . 41 Datapath Cluster . 43 Hierarchical Relationship . 44 Accessibility of Carrysave Words in RTL . 44 VHDL Carrysave for Datapath . 45 Arithmetic Architectures . 48 Adder Architectures . 48 Multiplier Encoding Architectures . 49 Divider Architectures . 49 Default Setting . 50 Global User Control . 50 December 2003 4 Product Version 5.0.13 Datapath for BuildGates Synthesis and Cadence PKS Local User Control . 50 Implementation Selection . 51 Context-Driven Architecture Selection . 52 Target Library-Based Architecture Selection . 52 Timing-Driven Architecture Selection . 52 Timing-Driven Implementation Refinement . 53 Dynamic Generation . 54 User Control . 54 Extended Language Interface . 56 Verilog-DP . 56 VHDL-DP . 57 Automatic Pipelining . ..
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