How to start with development for eda tools

[kevin]

Hi all:
I take interest in fpga/asic simulation and synthsizing, and I was
confused
by how to start in this field, and what knowledge should I know and
where and how I can get the informations about them.(such as tutorial
or some guides)

thanks for your reply.
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[Tb_]

On 2004-12-02, kevin <qizhang@kth.se> wrote:

Hi all:
I take interest in fpga/asic simulation and synthsizing, and I was
confused
by how to start in this field, and what knowledge should I know and
where and how I can get the informations about them.(such as tutorial
or some guides)

I don't know where you can find tutorial. But in some words i will try to
answer:

1) You make a specification
2) you write a comportementale model in vhdl/verilog or SystemC
3) you simule it to check that it's conform to the specification
4) You write the RTL model in vhdl/verilog
5) You simule it to be sure
6) You make the synthesis according to the target (fpga/asic and
manufacturer)
7) Placement/routage depend of your target
8) Simulation form extract data to caracterise the circuit.

Tb@+
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student