AR# 2508

SYNPLIFY: How to infer Virtex Block SelectRAM+ using the syn_ramstyle attribute?

説明

Keywords: Block SelectRAM+, Synplify, Virtex

Urgency: Standard

General Description:
Designers can enable the usage of Block selectRAMs by setting
the attribute syn_ramstyle to "block_ram".

Place the attribute on the output signal driven by the inferred RAM.
Remember to include the range of the output signal (bus) as part of
the name. For example,

define_attribute {a|dout[3:0]} syn_ramstyle "block_ram"

In HDL Analyst, the output signal name (in the example, "a" is the
instance name and "dout [3:0]" is the output signal name) will
become the instance name of the RAM.

Synplify generates a warning message when inferring these RAMs.
The message gives information about the RAM instance and
contains the phrase, "Removing sequential instance
<instance_name> view:<view_name> because there are no
references to its outputs." You can safely ignore this warning.

The following are limitations of inferring Block selectRAMs:

* ENA/ENB pins currently inaccessible [always tied to "1"]
* RSTA/RSTB pins currently inaccessible [always inactive]
* Automatic inference not yet supported, syn_ramstyle attribute
required for inferring Block RAMs
* Dual port with Read-Write on a port not supported
* Initialzing inferred RAM in the HDL code is currently not supported. To do this, you
need to find out the instance name of the RAM from Synplify Technology View or from the
EDIF netlist and apply INIT attribute in the UCF file.
The inferred RAMs are initialized to '0' (zero) by default.

The designer has the option of instantiating the RAMB** cells
to which these limitations are overcomed. Please see
(Xilinx Solution 2022)

ソリューション

1

-- VHDL example
-- Tested in Synplify 5.2.2a

library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all;

entity ram_example1 is
generic(data_width: integer:= 8;
address_width:integer := 8;
mem_depth: integer:= 256);
port (data: in std_logic_vector(data_width-1 downto 0);
address: in std_logic_vector(address_width-1 downto 0);
we, clk: in std_logic;
q: out std_logic_vector(data_width-1 downto 0));
end ram_example1;
architecture rtl of ram_example1 is
type mem_array is array (mem_depth-1 downto 0) of std_logic_vector (data_width-1 downto 0);
signal mem: mem_array;
attribute syn_ramstyle : string;
attribute syn_ramstyle of mem : signal is "block_ram";
signal raddress : std_logic_vector(address_width-1 downto 0);
begin
l0: process (clk)
begin
if (clk = '1' and clk'event) then
raddress <= address;
if (we = '1') then
mem(CONV_INTEGER(address)) <= data;
end if;
end if;
end process;

q <= mem(CONV_INTEGER(raddress));
end rtl;

2

//Verilog example
//Tested in 5.2.2a.

module sp_ram(din, addr, we, clk, dout);
parameter data_width=16, address_width=10,mem_elements=600;
input [data_width-1:0] din;
input [address_width-1:0] addr;
input we, clk;
output [data_width-1:0] dout;

reg [data_width-1:0] mem[mem_elements-1:0] /*synthesis syn_ramstyle = "block_ram" */;
reg [address_width - 1:0] addr_reg;

always @(posedge clk)
begin
addr_reg <= addr;
if (we)
mem[addr] <= din;
end

assign dout = mem[addr_reg];

endmodule

3

# SDC (Synplicity Design Constraint) example
# Tested in 5.2.2a

define_attribute {mem[<data_width-1>:0]} syn_ramstyle {block_ram}

# where mem is a two dimentional array ( memory_depth x data_width).
# <data_width-1> should be replaced by an integer value.

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AR# 2508
日付	04/24/2007
ステータス	アーカイブ
種類	一般

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