System Generator - the previous standalone design environment to develop DSP algorithms and generate HDL as an output - is now part of AMD Vitis™ Model Composer. As a result of this product unification, HLS, AI Engine, and System Generator (HDL) libraries in the AMD toolbox have been merged to develop algorithms in a single MATLAB session.
The HDL Library in the AMD Toolbox contains all the library blocks previously contained in the System Generator blockset. You can open existing System Generator designs in Vitis Model Composer. Furthermore, you can develop new algorithms using the HDL library similarly to using the System Generator tool.
For information related to what is new for a specific release of Model Composer, refer to What's New.
Model Composer is a toolbox built on the MathWorks Simulink environment. However it does not support certain Simulink features. The following is a list of some of the unsupported features:
- Simulink Performance Advisor.
- Model referencing and subsystem referencing.
- Model Composer blocks do not support Simulink fixed-point types and only support AMD fixed-point types.
- Fixed-point designer does not integrate with Model Composer.
- Accelerator mode and Rapid Accelerator mode.