Inferring RAM from array of records

[jtw]

A coworker asked me if I knew of a problem with synthesis tools inferring
RAM (Xilinx is the target) from an array of records, versus an array of
std_logic_vector. He was using XST; I haven't had a chance to try
Synplify.

JTW

 

[Mike Treseler]

jtw wrote:

A coworker asked me if I knew of a problem with synthesis tools inferring
RAM (Xilinx is the target) from an array of records, versus an array of
std_logic_vector.

I have found that inference is not
sensitive to vector type if the
template matches functionally.
Try it and see.

-- Mike Treseler