Foundation Express Design Process

Foundation Express performs three functions.

• Translates VHDL to an internal format
  
  
• Optimizes the block-level representation through various optimization methods
  
  
• Maps the design's logical structure for a specific Xilinx technology library
  
  

Foundation Express synthesizes VHDL descriptions according to the VHDL synthesis process defined in the “Description Styles” chapter. The Xilinx VHDL synthesis process has three parts; design methodology, design style, and language constructs. You use the VHDL synthesis process to produce high quality VHDL-based designs.