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16 years ago

RTL, Post synthesis and Gate Level Simulation

Hi. I can't find the clear differences on the topic above. From what i understand, RTL : Functional simulation is working on any technolgy Post Synthesis: Functional Simulation on targete...
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16 years ago

RTL simulation is the simulation of the code pre-synthesis. Its like behavioural simulation. With good design practice 99 times out of 100 the RTL simulation should match the gate level simulation.