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Design Verification
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Design verification procedures should occur throughout your design process, as shown in
the following figures.
Figure 2-7: Three Verification Methods of the Design Flow (FPGAs)
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Static Timing Analysis
Input Stimulus
Simulation Netlist
Simulation
Xilinx FPGA
Design Entry
Integrated Tool
Functional Simulator
Paths
Timing Simulation Path
Simulation
Static Timing
In-Circuit Verification
In-Circuit Verification
Basic Design Flow
NGD
NCD
BitGen
BIT
Mapping, Placement
and Routing
Translate to
Simulator Format
Translate to
Simulator Format
Back-Annotation
NGA
Translation