We discussed the concerns surrounding the selection and use of the rapidly growing area of Intellectual Property to fulfill design needs. Also, we will examine how to get the design from concept through capture and onto the device, and the special problems high-density designs bring to the implementation stage.
Implementation is the domain where design and device merge.
Before we leap into implementation, refer back to Article 1 and how we attacked this high-density project by first partitioning our device into modules. These modules are now being realized separately. Since we ve started with that floor plan, we can now leverage a new technology, Xilinx Modular Design, that was pioneered by Xilinx to make high-density design even faster. Xilinx Modular Design is a productivity option that works in addition to the ISE design software. With it, all Xilinx implementation tools can be used independently and completely on each module of the design, enabling design teams to work in parallel to complete their individual modules.