AN 307: Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users

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1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users 2. Technology Comparison 3. FPGA Tools Comparison 4. AMD* Xilinx* to Intel® FPGA Design Conversion 5. Conclusion 6. AN 307: Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users Archives 7. Document Revision History for Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users
2. Technology Comparison x
2.1. Intel® FPGA and SoC Devices 2.2. Intel® - AMD* Xilinx* Device Comparison 2.3. Intel® FPGA Device Features
3. FPGA Tools Comparison x
3.1. Hardware and Software Tools for FPGA Design 3.2. FPGA Design Flow Using Command Line Scripting 3.3. FPGA Design Flow Using Tools with GUIs 3.4. Additional Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Features
3.2. FPGA Design Flow Using Command Line Scripting x
3.2.1. Command-Line Executable Equivalents 3.2.2. Programming and Configuration File Support in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software
3.2.1. Command-Line Executable Equivalents x
3.2.1.1. synth_design 3.2.1.2. place_design/route_design 3.2.1.3. report_timing 3.2.1.4. write_bitstream 3.2.1.5. write_sdf/write_verilog/write_vhdl 3.2.1.6. report_power 3.2.1.7. write_checkpoint 3.2.1.8. Run Complete Design Flow
3.3. FPGA Design Flow Using Tools with GUIs x
3.3.1. Project Creation 3.3.2. Design Entry 3.3.3. IP Status 3.3.4. Design Constraints 3.3.5. Synthesis 3.3.6. Design Implementation 3.3.7. Finalize Pinout 3.3.8. Viewing and Editing Design Placement 3.3.9. Static Timing Analysis 3.3.10. Generation of Device Programming Files 3.3.11. Power Analysis 3.3.12. Simulation 3.3.13. Hardware Verification 3.3.14. View Netlist 3.3.15. Design Optimization 3.3.16. Techniques to Improve Productivity 3.3.17. Partial Reconfiguration 3.3.18. Cross-Probing in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software
3.3.2. Design Entry x
3.3.2.1. HDL Editor 3.3.2.2. Schematic/Block Editor 3.3.2.3. State Machine Editor 3.3.2.4. IP Catalog and Parameter Editor 3.3.2.5. Platform Designer System Integration Tool 3.3.2.6. Platform Designer Component Editor
3.3.4. Design Constraints x
3.3.4.1. Assignment Editor 3.3.4.2. Create Timing Constraints with the Timing Analyzer GUI 3.3.4.3. Create Timing Constraints with the Timing Analyzer Text Editor
3.3.7. Finalize Pinout x
3.3.7.1. Pin Planner 3.3.7.2. Interface Planner 3.3.7.3. Tile Interface Planner
3.3.12. Simulation x
3.3.12.1. Simulation Models for Designs Containing LPMs or IP Cores
3.3.13. Hardware Verification x
3.3.13.1. System Console 3.3.13.2. Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 3.3.13.3. In-System Sources and Probes 3.3.13.4. Toolkit Explorer 3.3.13.5. Remote Debugging 3.3.13.6. Other Intel® FPGA Debugging Tools
3.3.13.4. Toolkit Explorer x
3.3.13.4.1. Transceiver Toolkit 3.3.13.4.2. EMIF Debug Toolkit
3.3.14. View Netlist x
3.3.14.1. RTL Viewer 3.3.14.2. Technology Map Viewer
3.3.15. Design Optimization x
3.3.15.1. Hyper-Aware Design Flow 3.3.15.2. Physical Synthesis Optimization 3.3.15.3. Optimization Modes 3.3.15.4. Fractal Synthesis
3.3.16. Techniques to Improve Productivity x
3.3.16.1. Fast Preservation 3.3.16.2. Engineering Change Order (ECO) Flow 3.3.16.3. Block-Based Design Flow 3.3.16.4. Design Assistant 3.3.16.5. Snapshot Viewer 3.3.16.6. Design Space Explorer II
3.4. Additional Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Features x
3.4.1. Scripting with Tcl in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software
3.4.1. Scripting with Tcl in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software x
3.4.1.1. Running Scripts from the DOS or UNIX Prompt 3.4.1.2. Running Scripts in Batch Mode from a Shell 3.4.1.3. Running Tcl Commands Directly from the Command Line 3.4.1.4. Running Tcl Commands Interactively from the Shell 3.4.1.5. The Quartus® Prime Tcl Console Window
4. AMD* Xilinx* to Intel® FPGA Design Conversion x
4.1. Replacing AMD* Xilinx* Primitives 4.2. Converting IP Cores 4.3. Setting Equivalent AMD* Xilinx* Design Constraints 4.4. Setting Up the Simulation Environment
4.1. Replacing AMD* Xilinx* Primitives x
4.1.1. Converting I/O Buffers 4.1.2. Changing Default I/O Standard for Pins 4.1.3. Converting Registers
4.1.1. Converting I/O Buffers x
4.1.1.1. Example of Converting I/O Buffer
4.2. Converting IP Cores x
4.2.1. Converting Memory Blocks 4.2.2. Converting Mixed-Mode Clock Manager (MMCM) to Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) 4.2.3. Converting Multipliers
4.2.1. Converting Memory Blocks x
4.2.1.1. Embedded Memory Blocks 4.2.1.2. Differences Between AMD* Xilinx* Memory and Intel® FPGA Memory 4.2.1.3. Determining Memory Block and Mapping Ports 4.2.1.4. Memory Port Mapping 4.2.1.5. Example: Converting Simple Dual-Port RAM
4.2.1.2. Differences Between AMD* Xilinx* Memory and Intel® FPGA Memory x
4.2.1.2.1. Memory Mode 4.2.1.2.2. Clocking Mode 4.2.1.2.3. Write and Read Operation Triggering 4.2.1.2.4. Read-During-Write Operation at the Same Address 4.2.1.2.5. Error Correction Code (ECC) 4.2.1.2.6. Byte Enable 4.2.1.2.7. Address Clock Enable 4.2.1.2.8. Parity Bit Support 4.2.1.2.9. Memory Initialization 4.2.1.2.10. Output Synchronous Set/Reset
4.2.2. Converting Mixed-Mode Clock Manager (MMCM) to Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) x
4.2.2.1. Feature Comparison 4.2.2.2. Port Mapping Reference 4.2.2.3. Example: Converting AMD* Xilinx* MMCM into an Intel® PLL
4.2.3. Converting Multipliers x
4.2.3.1. Feature Comparison 4.2.3.2. Port Mapping 4.2.3.3. Example: Converting to the LPM_MULT IP Core 4.2.3.4. Example: Converting to the Intel® FPGA Multiply Adder IP core
4.3. Setting Equivalent AMD* Xilinx* Design Constraints x
4.3.1. Device Constraints 4.3.2. Placement Constraints 4.3.3. Timing Constraints 4.3.4. Retimer Constraints
4.3.1. Device Constraints x
4.3.1.1. DRIVE 4.3.1.2. SLEW 4.3.1.3. IOB 4.3.1.4. IOSTANDARD 4.3.1.5. KEEP
4.3.2. Placement Constraints x
4.3.2.1. PBLOCK 4.3.2.2. PACKAGE_PIN 4.3.2.3. LOC & BEL 4.3.2.4. PROHIBIT
4.3.2.1. PBLOCK x
4.3.2.1.1. Differences Between PBLOCK and Logic Lock Regions
4.3.3. Timing Constraints x
4.3.3.1. Clock Domain Crossing
4.4. Setting Up the Simulation Environment x
4.4.1. Simulation Levels 4.4.2. HDL Support for EDA Simulators 4.4.3. Value Change Dump (VCD) Support 4.4.4. Simulating Intel FPGA IP Cores
1. Introduction to Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users
2. Technology Comparison
3. FPGA Tools Comparison
4. AMD* Xilinx* to Intel® FPGA Design Conversion
5. Conclusion
6. AN 307: Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users Archives
7. Document Revision History for Intel® FPGA Design Flow for AMD* Xilinx* Users

3.1. Hardware and Software Tools for FPGA Design

The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software provides tools similar to those found in the AMD* Xilinx* Vivado* software. The following table shows AMD* Xilinx* tool suites and the Intel® FPGA tool targeting similar design needs:
Table 7.  Hardware and Software Tools Available
AMD* Xilinx* Intel® Description
Vivado* HL Design Edition
  • Versal*
  • UltraScale*
  • UltraScale+*
  • 7 Series
 Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
  • Agilex™ 7, Stratix® 10, Arria® 10, Cyclone® 10 GX
Optimized to support the advanced features in next generation FPGAs and SoCs.
ISE* Design Suite for:
  • Spartan-6
  • Virtex* -6
  • CoolRunner*
  • Previous generations
 Quartus® Prime Standard Edition for:
  • Stratix® IV, V
  • Arria® series
  • Cyclone® IV, V, Cyclone® 10 LP
  • MAX® series
Supports older generation device families.
Note: Intel® recommends using newer version of Quartus® Prime for new designs.
Vitis* Intel® oneAPI Base toolkit

Intel® FPGA Add-on for oneAPI Base Toolkit

High-level platform application development software.
Vivado* HL WebPACK Edition Quartus® Prime Lite Edition
  • Do not require license
  • Provide limited device and feature support
SDAccel Environment
  • Selected UltraScale* and 7 Series devices.
Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™
  • Agilex™ 7, Stratix® 10, Arria® 10, Cyclone® V SoC
Development environment for OpenCL
SDSoC Environment Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite Comprehensive tool suite for embedded software development on SoCs. You can code, build, debug, and optimize in single IDE.
Software Development Kit Nios® II Embedded Design Suite (EDS) Comprehensive development package to develop and debug code for SoCs
System Generator4 for DSP DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs 5 6 DSP Design Tool
Vivado* High-Level Synthesis Intel HLS Compiler

Agilex™ 7, Stratix® 10, Arria® 10, Cyclone® 10 GX, Cyclone® V SoC

High-Level synthesis tool that takes in untimed software code as input and generates register-transfer level code for FPGAs.
Related Information
4 To use System Generator for DSP in Vivado* , you must buy the Vivado* HL System Edition, which supports all features of the Vivado* HL Design Edition plus System Generator for DSP.
5 The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software includes the DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs.
6 Available for Arria® 10, Stratix® V, Arria® V, and Cyclone® V devices.
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