Review the Hardware Notes Included with Each Block Dialog Box - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Model-Based DSP Design Using System Generator (UG897)

Document ID
UG897
Release Date
2020-11-18
Version
2020.2 English

Pay close attention to the Hardware Notes included in the block dialog boxes. Many blocks in the Xilinx Blockset library have notes that explain how to achieve the most hardware efficient implementation. For example, the notes point out that the Scale block costs nothing in hardware. By contrast, the Shift block (which is sometimes used for the same purpose) can use hardware.