Supported Simulators - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Logic Simulation (UG900)
Document ID
UG900
Release Date
2020-11-23
Version
2020.2 English

Following are the supported simulators in the Vivado Design Suite:

Table 1. Supported Simulators
Simulator Version Integrated with Vivado Integrated Design Environment
Vivado® Simulator 2020.2 Integrated with the Vivado integrated design environment, where each simulation launch appears as a framework of windows within the Vivado IDE.
Mentor Graphics Questa Advanced Simulator 2020.2 Yes
Mentor Graphics ModelSim Simulator 2020.2 Yes
Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) 15.20.083 Yes
Synopsys Verilog Compiler Simulator (VCS) Q-2020.03 Yes
Aldec Rivera-PRO Simulator 2020.04 Yes
Aldec Active-HDL 11.1a No
Cadence Xcelium Parallel Simulator 20.03.005 Yes

See the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973) for the supported versions of third-party simulators.

For more information about the Vivado IDE and the Vivado Design Suite flow, see:

  • Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE (UG893)
  • Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Flows Overview (UG892)