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JJohn10
New Contributor
7 years agoWhy is the LEC (Logic Equivalent Check) needed in the FPGA Flow?
Why is the LEC (Logic Equivalent Check) needed in the FPGA Flow? There is no a P&R stage (as in ASIC flow)... Is it not enough just to check the logs and reports of the synthesis tools in order to...
Tricky
Occasional Contributor
7 years agoFPGAs do have P&R flows. All the cells are in fixed locations, but it needs to map the synthesised netlist to these cells and work out the routing between them.
So the synthesised netlist will have no routing information. A routed design doesnt necessarily meet timing.
Full FPGAs often struggle in timing where in an ASIC it may have more freedom in the layout and routing.