Hierarchical Design Flows - 2022.1 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Dynamic Function eXchange (UG909)

Document ID
UG909
Release Date
2022-06-07
Version
2022.1 English

The Dynamic Function eXchange (DFX) flow is an ideal hierarchical design tool for a top-down in-context use case. The ability to implement the static portion of the design, meet timing, and then reuse those results meets the needs of other hierarchical design (HD) flows.

Platform Reuse takes advantage of the tool's ability to separate out the top-level (Platform) from the lower level partitions. Platform Reuse can be used for a number of use cases including:

  • Reduced design cycle and timing closure. By closing timing on the top-level, interface logic that changes once (such as memory controllers, networking IP, high speed interconnect) and then locking down and reusing the placed/routed result for the Platform which partition logic is being developed.
  • Platform delivery to end users. In this case a Platform can be developed by one user, and then fully placed, routed, and locked DCP (with black boxes for partitions) and be delivered to another user for development of customer partition logic.

Both of these flows use the Dynamic Function eXchange flow, to implement the initial design, carve out the partitions, and lock down the Static/Platform logic. All features of DFX (like graybox support) can be used, and all requirements of the DFX flow must be followed. From the tool's perspective, there is no difference between the flows, and all DFX DRCs will be applied.

Because partial bit files are not required for this flow, Xilinx recommends using the -no_partial_bitfile switch of the write_bitstream command to avoid producing partial bitstreams.