In this step, you learn how to
control intelligent design runs and navigate options and reports.
- Select the Intelligent Design Runs tab
at the bottom of the AMD Vivado™
IDE.
This window is opened when an IDR is created. If closed, it can be reopened by selecting . From this window you can see that there is a hierarchical nature to Intelligent Design Runs. The top-level run is split into three stages:
- Stage 1: Design Optimization
- Stage 2: Tool Option Exploration
- Stage 3: Last Mile Timing Closure
- Expand Stage 2: Tool Option
Exploration.
There are three runs underneath this stage. These runs can be run in parallel if your compute resources allow. - Right-click and select how you normally run jobs. Click OK.
- Select impl_1_1 and view the Properties in the Implementation Run Properties window. A PARENT property is set to synth_1. As is the case with a normal implementation run, there is a dependency on the synthesis run to complete when this is set. If the RTL code is modified, the run goes out of date.
- Click the Design Runs tab and confirm that the synth_1 run is running or finished.
- Click back to Intelligent Design Runs
and right-click on the impl_1_1 top-level
run.
The right-click menu from the top-level run is the main way to control the Intelligent Design Runs. Some options only become available at specific times:
- Reset Runs is only available after a run is launched.
- View Reports is only available after reports are generated.
- Open Run is only available after a run is successfully completed.
- Generate Single Pass Run is only available after a run is successfully completed.
- Select the lower-level run, i_impl_1_1_rqs, and right-click on it.
When the lower-level run is selected, you can see that there is a reduced set of options. The Open Run Directory and Open Run options are scoped to the lower-level run. If Open Run is selected, the best completed routed run is opened.