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Views Chapter 3. Concepts
Netlist Browser View
The Netlist Browser view’s purpose is to provide a graphical, tree-based visualization of the user’s
design hierarchy, as found in the netlist. The displayed netlist includes the results of any transformation,
legalization, etc. that have happened through the current stage in the Flow.
For large designs, there are a tremendous number of objects in the netlist. To reduce the visual noise,
the Netlist Browser contains a number of ways to filter the flood of data down to just the most useful
information. These filters are enabled by default, but the user may toggle them on/off at will.
Each instance node in the tree will include the instance’s name, a colon, and then the type. Macros will
include just the macro’s name. Clock domains (only shown when Group by Clock Domain is enabled) will
include the clock domain’s name, a dash, and total counts of the number of each major logic type found
within the clock domain. Be aware that these total counts are not affected by the filters; the numbers shown
will always represent the unfiltered total counts.
By default, the Netlist Browser view is included in the Floorplanner perspective . To add it to other
perspectives, select Window → Show View. . . → Other. . . → Achronix → Netlist Browser.
Figure 3.82: Netlist Browser View screenshot
Icons will decorate all the nodes in the tree. The potential icons are:
Netlist Browser View Icons
Icon Description
Clock Domain
Macro
Instance
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