Using the Dataflow Viewer - 2024.1 English

Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Design Analysis and Closure Techniques (UG938)

Document ID
UG938
Release Date
2024-06-12
Version
2024.1 English

In this tutorial, you learn to use Dataflow Viewer (DFV) to analyze a design. The Dataflow Viewer allows you to better understand key parts of a design that impact overall place and route quality. This is achieved by:

  1. Identifying wide, high bandwidth buses in the stripped-down dataflow optimized netlist.
  2. Identifying the cells associated with these buses whose placement have a significant impact on the placement quality of the design.
  3. Generating paths of multiple cells related to the target wide buses that facilitate a more holistic view of placement.
  4. Generating a floorplan that joins associated cells on a bus together.