The Vivado® Design Suite supports simulation using third-party tools. Simulation with third-party tools can be performed directly from within the Vivado Integrated Design Environment (IDE) or using a custom external simulation environment.
Third-party Simulators | Red Hat 64-bit Linux | Windows 10 64-bit |
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Siemens EDA ModelSim SE | Yes | Yes |
Siemens EDA Questa Advanced Simulator | Yes | Yes |
Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator | Yes | NA |
Cadence Xcelium Parallel Simulator | Yes | NA |
Synopsys VCS | Yes | NA |
Aldec Active HDL | NA | Yes |
Aldec Riviera PRO | Yes | Yes |
The Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE (UG893) describes the use of the Vivado IDE.
Please set the following environment variables before running simulation in Vivado IDE.
Simulator | Linux | Windows |
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Modelsim |
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Questa |
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Riviera |
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Active-HDL | NA |
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Xcelium |
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NA |
VCS |
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NA |
IES |
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NA |
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For links to more information on your third party simulator, see Links to Additional Information on Third-Party Simulators.
Important: Use only supported versions of
third-party simulators. For more information on supported Simulators and Operating
Systems, see the Compatible Third-Party Tools table in the
Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release
Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973).