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Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools are vital to implementations of System on Chip architectures as well as validating different designs. Open-source and commercial tools exist for multiple strategies and although the one can spend a lifetime using combinations of different tools, only a small subset of tools is utilized for this text. The tools are chosen because of their ease in access as well as their repeatability for accomplishing many of the tasks utilized to design Wally. It is anticipated that additional tools may be documented later after this is text is published to improve use and access. Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools are vital to implementations of System on Chip architectures as well as validating different designs. Open-source and commercial tools exist for multiple strategies and although the one can spend a lifetime using combinations of different tools, only a small subset of tools is utilized for this text. The tools are chosen because of their ease in access as well as their repeatability for accomplishing many of the tasks utilized to design Wally. It is anticipated that additional tools may be documented later after this is text is published to improve use and access.
Siemens Questa is the primary tool utilized for simulating and validating Wally. For logic synthesis, you will need Synopsys Design Compiler. Questa and Design Compiler are commercial tools that require an educational or commercial license. Verilator is an open-source Verilog simulator. It is fast and free. Run Wally on the riscv-arch-test suite using Verilator with:
```
regression-wally
```
Running code or functional coverage simulations or lock-step presently require commercial tools. Siemens Questa is the primary tool utilized for simulating and validating Wally. Synopsys VCS also can run regression-wally and lock-step simulation. For logic synthesis, you will need Synopsys Design Compiler. Questa and Design Compiler are commercial tools that require an educational or commercial license.
Note: Some EDA tools utilize `LM_LICENSE_FILE` for their environmental variable to point to their license server. Some operating systems may also utilize `MGLS_LICENSE_FILE` instead, therefore, it is important to read the user manual on the preferred environmental variable required to point to a user’s license file. Although there are different mechanisms to allow licenses to work, many companies commonly utilize the FlexLM (i.e., Flex-enabled) license server manager that runs off a node locked license. Note: Some EDA tools utilize `LM_LICENSE_FILE` for their environmental variable to point to their license server. Some operating systems may also utilize `MGLS_LICENSE_FILE` instead, therefore, it is important to read the user manual on the preferred environmental variable required to point to a user’s license file. Although there are different mechanisms to allow licenses to work, many companies commonly utilize the FlexLM (i.e., Flex-enabled) license server manager that runs off a node locked license.
Although most EDA tools are Linux-friendly, they tend to have issues when not installed on recommended OS flavors. Both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux products typically tend to be recommended for installing commercial-based EDA tools and are recommended for utilizing complex simulation and architecture exploration. Questa can also be installed on Microsoft Windows as well as Mac OS with a Virtual Machine such as Parallels. Although most EDA tools are Linux-friendly, they tend to have issues when not installed on recommended OS flavors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and its free Rocky clone) typically tend to be recommended for installing commercial-based EDA tools and are recommended for utilizing complex simulation and architecture exploration.
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