RE: [sv-bc] SVDB 1619 Examples

From: Clifford E. Cummings <cliffc_at_.....>
Date: Mon Oct 15 2007 - 05:41:58 PDT
Hi, Shalom -

It was the closest similar syntax that I could test. If Synopsys says 
they will support the feature in synthesis, I will vote yes, else I 
will vote no.

Regards - Cliff

At 05:36 AM 10/15/2007, Bresticker, Shalom wrote:
>Cliff,
>
>It is still not a similar situation.
>
>A variable declaration assignment is a one-time assignment of a value to
>a signal. Whether it occurs exactly as an initial block or precedes the
>initial block is irrelevant. It is an operation which does not have a
>physical equivalent in normal digital circuitry. At the very least, you
>need a reset signal to be activated.
>
>The default is something entirely different. It models a fixed physical
>connection to VCC or VDD. It is fixed as elaboration time. It is really
>no different than determining a parameter value depending on whether the
>parameter has an override or not.
>
>Regards,
>Shalom

----------------------------------------------------
Cliff Cummings - Sunburst Design, Inc.
14314 SW Allen Blvd., PMB 501, Beaverton, OR 97005
Phone: 503-641-8446 / FAX: 503-641-8486
cliffc@sunburst-design.com / www.sunburst-design.com
Expert Verilog, SystemVerilog, Synthesis and Verification Training


-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
Received on Mon Oct 15 05:44:01 2007

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Mon Oct 15 2007 - 05:44:31 PDT