Chapter 1

Introduction to the Xilinx Synopsys Interface

This chapter describes the Xilinx Synopsys Interface (XSI), compares FPGA Compiler and Design Compiler, and lists additional Xilinx documentation you can use in conjunction with this manual. This chapter includes the following sections.

• “What Is XSI?” section
  
  
• “XSI Design Flow” section
  
  
• “Comparing Design Compiler and FPGA Compiler” section
  
  
• “Xilinx Documentation Set” section