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12 years ago

Is RTL Simulation the same as Functional Simulation

Hello, can anyone tell me if RTL Simulation is the same as Functional Simulation? I ask because I found a setting in Settings>EDA Tool Settings>Simulation>More EDA Netlist Writer Settings where one c...
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12 years ago

RTL simulation is simply a simulation of the source code - no compilation takes place. Hence why it is much faster. It is preferable to do as much simulation and debugging as you can at the RTL level (and it should be possible to do at least 95% of it here, if not all of it with good testbenches).