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dc2ncf: How do you use the set_max_delay as a substitute for the set_multicycle_path command?


Record #2996

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Synopsys

Problem Title:
dc2ncf: How do you use the set_max_delay as a substitute for the
set_multicycle_path command?



Problem Description:
Keywords: dc2ncf, synopsys

Urgency: Standard

General Description: How do you use the set_max_delay as a substitute for
the set_multicycle_path command to constrain certain paths, in Synopsys ?


Solution 1:

set_multicycle_path is currently not translated by dc2ncf v1.3 and v1.4.

Example:

1. create_clock find(port,clock_input) -period 50
2. set_multicycle_path 4 -from "regs*" -to "regs*"



Instead, the user can explicitly state the time constraint from the
source to the target with the set_max_delay command.

Example:

1. create_clock find(port,clock_input) -period 50
2. set_max_delay 200 -from "regs*" -to "regs*"


There are other functions that are performed by the set_multicycle_path
command that are not addressed by the set_max_delay command so this is
strictly an incomplete solution. However, the other functions that the
set_multicycle_path command performs relates to ASIC-type designs, so
they're not an issue for FPGA designers. (For example, set_multicycle_path
deals with hold-time issues that arise while synthesizing that
set_max_delay doesn't consider.)



End of Record #2996