\section{Introduction to Yosys} \begin{frame} \sectionpage \end{frame} \iffalse %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Representations of (digital) Circuits} \begin{frame}[t]{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Graphical \begin{itemize} \item \alert<1>{Schematic Diagram} \item \alert<2>{Physical Layout} \end{itemize} \bigskip \item Non-graphical \begin{itemize} \item \alert<3>{Netlists} \item \alert<4>{Hardware Description Languages (HDLs)} \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \bigskip \begin{block}{Definition: \only<1>{Schematic Diagram}% \only<2>{Physical Layout}% \only<3>{Netlists}% \only<4>{Hardware Description Languages (HDLs)}} \only<1>{ Graphical representation of the circuit topology. Circuit elements are represented by symbols and electrical connections by lines. The geometric layout is for readability only. }% \only<2>{ The actual physical geometry of the device (PCB or ASIC manufacturing masks). This is the final product of the design process. }% \only<3>{ A list of circuit elements and a list of connections. This is the raw circuit topology. }% \only<4>{ Computer languages (like programming languages) that can be used to describe circuits. HDLs are much more powerful in describing huge circuits than schematic diagrams. }% \end{block} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \fi \subsection{Levels of Abstraction for Digital Circuits} \begin{frame}[t]{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item \alert<1>{System Level} \item \alert<2>{High Level} \item \alert<3>{Behavioral Level} \item \alert<4>{Register-Transfer Level (RTL)} \item \alert<5>{Logical Gate Level} \item \alert<6>{Physical Gate Level} \item \alert<7>{Switch Level} \end{itemize} \bigskip \begin{block}{Definition: \only<1>{System Level}% \only<2>{High Level}% \only<3>{Behavioral Level}% \only<4>{Register-Transfer Level (RTL)}% \only<5>{Logical Gate Level}% \only<6>{Physical Gate Level}% \only<7>{Switch Level}} \only<1>{ Overall view of the circuit. E.g. block-diagrams or instruction-set architecture descriptions. }% \only<2>{ Functional implementation of circuit in high-level programming language (C, C++, SystemC, Matlab, Python, etc.). }% \only<3>{ Cycle-accurate description of circuit in hardware description language (Verilog, VHDL, etc.). }% \only<4>{ List of registers (flip-flops) and logic functions that calculate the next state from the previous one. Usually a netlist utilizing high-level cells such as adders, multipliers, multiplexer, etc. }% \only<5>{ Netlist of single-bit registers and basic logic gates (such as AND, OR, NOT, etc.). Popular form: And-Inverter-Graphs (AIGs) with pairs of primary inputs and outputs for each register bit. }% \only<6>{ Netlist of cells that actually are available on the target architecture (such as CMOS gates in an ASIC or LUTs in an FPGA). Optimized for area, power, and/or speed (static timing or number of logic levels). }% \only<7>{ Netlist of individual transistors. }% \end{block} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Digital Circuit Synthesis} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} Synthesis Tools (such as Yosys) can transform HDL code to circuits: \bigskip \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.8, every node/.style={transform shape}] \tikzstyle{lvl} = [draw, fill=MyBlue, rectangle, minimum height=2em, minimum width=15em] \node[lvl] (sys) {System Level}; \node[lvl] (hl) [below of=sys] {High Level}; \node[lvl] (beh) [below of=hl] {Behavioral Level}; \node[lvl] (rtl) [below of=beh] {Register-Transfer Level (RTL)}; \node[lvl] (lg) [below of=rtl] {Logical Gate Level}; \node[lvl] (pg) [below of=lg] {Physical Gate Level}; \node[lvl] (sw) [below of=pg] {Switch Level}; \draw[dotted] (sys.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (sysx); \draw[dotted] (hl.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (hlx); \draw[dotted] (beh.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (behx); \draw[dotted] (rtl.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (rtlx); \draw[dotted] (lg.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (lgx); \draw[dotted] (pg.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (pgx); \draw[dotted] (sw.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (swx); \draw[gray,|->] (sysx) -- node[right] {System Design} (hlx); \draw[|->|] (hlx) -- node[right] {High Level Synthesis (HLS)} (behx); \draw[->|] (behx) -- node[right] {Behavioral Synthesis} (rtlx); \draw[->|] (rtlx) -- node[right] {RTL Synthesis} (lgx); \draw[->|] (lgx) -- node[right] {Logic Synthesis} (pgx); \draw[gray,->|] (pgx) -- node[right] {Cell Library} (swx); \draw[dotted] (behx) -- ++(4,0) coordinate (a); \draw[dotted] (pgx) -- ++(4,0) coordinate (b); \draw[|->|] (a) -- node[right] {Yosys} (b); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{What Yosys can and can't do} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} Things Yosys can do: \begin{itemize} \item Read and process (most of) modern Verilog-2005 code. \item Perform all kinds of operations on netlist (RTL, Logic, Gate). \item Perform logic optimizations and gate mapping with ABC\footnote[frame]{\url{http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alanmi/abc/}}. \end{itemize} \bigskip Things Yosys can't do: \begin{itemize} \item Process high-level languages such as C/C++/SystemC. \item Create physical layouts (place\&route). \end{itemize} \bigskip A typical flow combines Yosys with with a low-level implementation tool, such as Qflow\footnote[frame]{\url{http://opencircuitdesign.com/qflow/}} for ASIC designs. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Yosys Data- and Control-Flow} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} A (usually short) synthesis script controls Yosys. This scripts contain three types of commands: \begin{itemize} \item {\bf Frontends}, that read input files (usually Verilog). \item {\bf Passes}, that perform transformations on the design in memory. \item {\bf Backends}, that write the design in memory to a file (various formats are available: Verilog, BLIF, EDIF, SPICE, BTOR, \dots). \end{itemize} \bigskip \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.6, every node/.style={transform shape}] \path (-1.5,3) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-latex] ($ (cursor) + (0,-1.5) $) -- ++(1,0); \draw[fill=orange!10] ($ (cursor) + (1,-3) $) rectangle node[rotate=90] {Frontend} ++(1,3) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-latex] ($ (cursor) + (0,-1.5) $) -- ++(1,0); \draw[fill=green!10] ($ (cursor) + (1,-3) $) rectangle node[rotate=90] {Pass} ++(1,3) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-latex] ($ (cursor) + (0,-1.5) $) -- ++(1,0); \draw[fill=green!10] ($ (cursor) + (1,-3) $) rectangle node[rotate=90] {Pass} ++(1,3) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-latex] ($ (cursor) + (0,-1.5) $) -- ++(1,0); \draw[fill=green!10] ($ (cursor) + (1,-3) $) rectangle node[rotate=90] {Pass} ++(1,3) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-latex] ($ (cursor) + (0,-1.5) $) -- ++(1,0); \draw[fill=orange!10] ($ (cursor) + (1,-3) $) rectangle node[rotate=90] {Backend} ++(1,3) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-latex] ($ (cursor) + (0,-1.5) $) -- ++(1,0); \path (-3,-0.5) coordinate (cursor); \draw (cursor) -- node[below] {HDL} ++(3,0) coordinate (cursor); \draw[|-|] (cursor) -- node[below] {Internal Format (RTLIL)} ++(8,0) coordinate (cursor); \draw (cursor) -- node[below] {Netlist} ++(3,0); \path (-3,3.5) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-] (cursor) -- node[above] {High-Level} ++(3,0) coordinate (cursor); \draw[-] (cursor) -- ++(8,0) coordinate (cursor); \draw[->] (cursor) -- node[above] {Low-Level} ++(3,0); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Program Components and Data Formats} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.6, every node/.style={transform shape}] \tikzstyle{process} = [draw, fill=green!10, rectangle, minimum height=3em, minimum width=10em, node distance=15em] \tikzstyle{data} = [draw, fill=blue!10, ellipse, minimum height=3em, minimum width=7em, node distance=15em] \node[process] (vlog) {Verilog Frontend}; \node[process, dashed, fill=green!5] (vhdl) [right of=vlog] {VHDL Frontend}; \node[process] (ilang) [right of=vhdl] {Other Frontends}; \node[data] (ast) [below of=vlog, node distance=5em, xshift=7.5em] {AST}; \node[process] (astfe) [below of=ast, node distance=5em] {AST Frontend}; \node[data] (rtlil) [below of=astfe, node distance=5em, xshift=7.5em] {RTLIL}; \node[process] (pass) [right of=rtlil, node distance=5em, xshift=7.5em] {Passes}; \node[process] (vlbe) [below of=rtlil, node distance=7em, xshift=-13em] {Verilog Backend}; \node[process] (ilangbe) [below of=rtlil, node distance=7em, xshift=0em] {RTLIL Backend}; \node[process, fill=green!5] (otherbe) [below of=rtlil, node distance=7em, xshift=+13em] {Other Backends}; \draw[-latex] (vlog) -- (ast); \draw[-latex] (vhdl) -- (ast); \draw[-latex] (ast) -- (astfe); \draw[-latex] (astfe) -- (rtlil); \draw[-latex] (ilang) -- (rtlil); \draw[latex-latex] (rtlil) -- (pass); \draw[-latex] (rtlil) -- (vlbe); \draw[-latex] (rtlil) -- (ilangbe); \draw[-latex] (rtlil) -- (otherbe); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Example Project} \begin{frame}[t]{\subsecname} The following slides cover an example project. This project contains three files: \begin{itemize} \item A simple ASIC synthesis script \item A digital design written in Verilog \item A simple CMOS cell library \end{itemize} \vfill Direct link to the files: \\ \footnotesize \url{https://github.com/cliffordwolf/yosys/tree/master/manual/PRESENTATION_Intro} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}[t]{\subsecname{} -- Synthesis Script} \setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=white,bg=red} \begin{minipage}[t]{6cm} \tt\scriptsize {\color{YosysGreen}\# read design}\\ \boxalert<1>{read\_verilog counter.v}\\ \boxalert<2>{hierarchy -check -top counter} \medskip {\color{YosysGreen}\# the high-level stuff}\\ \boxalert<3>{proc}; \boxalert<4>{opt}; \boxalert<5>{fsm}; \boxalert<6>{opt}; \boxalert<7>{memory}; \boxalert<8>{opt} \medskip {\color{YosysGreen}\# mapping to internal cell library}\\ \boxalert<9>{techmap}; \boxalert<10>{opt} \end{minipage} \begin{minipage}[t]{5cm} \tt\scriptsize {\color{YosysGreen}\# mapping flip-flops to mycells.lib}\\ \boxalert<11>{dfflibmap -liberty mycells.lib} \medskip {\color{YosysGreen}\# mapping logic to mycells.lib}\\ \boxalert<12>{abc -liberty mycells.lib} \medskip {\color{YosysGreen}\# cleanup}\\ \boxalert<13>{clean} \medskip {\color{YosysGreen}\# write synthesized design}\\ \boxalert<14>{write\_verilog synth.v} \end{minipage} \vskip1cm \begin{block}{Command: \tt \only<1>{read\_verilog counter.v}% \only<2>{hierarchy -check -top counter}% \only<3>{proc}% \only<4>{opt}% \only<5>{fsm}% \only<6>{opt}% \only<7>{memory}% \only<8>{opt}% \only<9>{techmap}% \only<10>{opt}% \only<11>{dfflibmap -liberty mycells.lib}% \only<12>{abc -liberty mycells.lib}% \only<13>{clean}% \only<14>{write\_verilog synth.v}} \only<1>{ Read Verilog source file and convert to internal representation. }% \only<2>{ Elaborate the design hierarchy. Should always be the first command after reading the design. Can re-run AST front-end. }% \only<3>{ Convert ``processes'' (the internal representation of behavioral Verilog code) into multiplexers and registers. }% \only<4>{ Perform some basic optimizations and cleanups. }% \only<5>{ Analyze and optimize finite state machines. }% \only<6>{ Perform some basic optimizations and cleanups. }% \only<7>{ Analyze memories and create circuits to implement them. }% \only<8>{ Perform some basic optimizations and cleanups. }% \only<9>{ Map coarse-grain RTL cells (adders, etc.) to fine-grain logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc.). }% \only<10>{ Perform some basic optimizations and cleanups. }% \only<11>{ Map registers to available hardware flip-flops. }% \only<12>{ Map logic to available hardware gates. }% \only<13>{ Clean up the design (just the last step of {\tt opt}). }% \only<14>{ Write final synthesis result to output file. }% \end{block} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} -- Verilog Source: \tt counter.v} \lstinputlisting[xleftmargin=1cm, language=Verilog]{PRESENTATION_Intro/counter.v} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} -- Cell Library: \tt mycells.lib} \begin{columns} \column[t]{5cm} \lstinputlisting[basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=liberty, lastline=20]{PRESENTATION_Intro/mycells.lib} \column[t]{5cm} \lstinputlisting[basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=liberty, firstline=21]{PRESENTATION_Intro/mycells.lib} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Running the Synthesis Script} \begin{frame}[t, fragile]{\subsecname{} -- Step 1/4} \begin{verbatim} read_verilog counter.v hierarchy -check -top counter \end{verbatim} \vfill \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,trim=0 0cm 0 0cm]{PRESENTATION_Intro/counter_00.pdf} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[t, fragile]{\subsecname{} -- Step 2/4} \begin{verbatim} proc; opt; fsm; opt; memory; opt \end{verbatim} \vfill \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,trim=0 0cm 0 0cm]{PRESENTATION_Intro/counter_01.pdf} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[t, fragile]{\subsecname{} -- Step 3/4} \begin{verbatim} techmap; opt \end{verbatim} \vfill \includegraphics[width=\linewidth,trim=0 0cm 0 2cm]{PRESENTATION_Intro/counter_02.pdf} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[t, fragile]{\subsecname{} -- Step 4/4} \begin{verbatim} dfflibmap -liberty mycells.lib abc -liberty mycells.lib clean \end{verbatim} \vfill\hfil \includegraphics[width=10cm,trim=0 0cm 0 0cm]{PRESENTATION_Intro/counter_03.pdf} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{The synth command} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{}} Yosys contains a default (recommended example) synthesis script in form of the {\tt synth} command. The following commands are executed by this synthesis command: \begin{columns} \column[t]{5cm} \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] begin: hierarchy -check [-top ] coarse: proc opt wreduce alumacc share opt fsm opt -fast memory -nomap opt_clean \end{lstlisting} \column[t]{5cm} \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] fine: opt -fast -full memory_map opt -full techmap opt -fast abc: abc -fast opt -fast \end{lstlisting} \end{columns} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Yosys Commands} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} 1/3 \hspace{0pt plus 1 filll} (excerpt)} Command reference: \begin{itemize} \item Use ``{\tt help}'' for a command list and ``{\tt help \it command}'' for details. \item Or run ``{\tt yosys -H}'' or ``{\tt yosys -h \it command}''. \item Or go to \url{https://yosyshq.net/yosys/documentation.html}. \end{itemize} \bigskip Commands for design navigation and investigation: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] cd # a shortcut for 'select -module ' ls # list modules or objects in modules dump # print parts of the design in RTLIL format show # generate schematics using graphviz select # modify and view the list of selected objects \end{lstlisting} \bigskip Commands for executing scripts or entering interactive mode: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] shell # enter interactive command mode history # show last interactive commands script # execute commands from script file tcl # execute a TCL script file \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} 2/3 \hspace{0pt plus 1 filll} (excerpt)} Commands for reading and elaborating the design: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] read_rtlil # read modules from RTLIL file read_verilog # read modules from Verilog file hierarchy # check, expand and clean up design hierarchy \end{lstlisting} \bigskip Commands for high-level synthesis: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] proc # translate processes to netlists fsm # extract and optimize finite state machines memory # translate memories to basic cells opt # perform simple optimizations \end{lstlisting} \bigskip Commands for technology mapping: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] techmap # generic technology mapper abc # use ABC for technology mapping dfflibmap # technology mapping of flip-flops hilomap # technology mapping of constant hi- and/or lo-drivers iopadmap # technology mapping of i/o pads (or buffers) flatten # flatten design \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} 3/3 \hspace{0pt plus 1 filll} (excerpt)} Commands for writing the results: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] write_blif # write design to BLIF file write_btor # write design to BTOR file write_edif # write design to EDIF netlist file write_rtlil # write design to RTLIL file write_spice # write design to SPICE netlist file write_verilog # write design to Verilog file \end{lstlisting} \bigskip Script-Commands for standard synthesis tasks: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] synth # generic synthesis script synth_xilinx # synthesis for Xilinx FPGAs \end{lstlisting} \bigskip Commands for model checking: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=ys] sat # solve a SAT problem in the circuit miter # automatically create a miter circuit scc # detect strongly connected components (logic loops) \end{lstlisting} \bigskip ... and many many more. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{More Verilog Examples} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} 1/3} \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=Verilog] module detectprime(a, y); input [4:0] a; output y; integer i, j; reg [31:0] lut; initial begin for (i = 0; i < 32; i = i+1) begin lut[i] = i > 1; for (j = 2; j*j <= i; j = j+1) if (i % j == 0) lut[i] = 0; end end assign y = lut[a]; endmodule \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} 2/3} \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=Verilog] module carryadd(a, b, y); parameter WIDTH = 8; input [WIDTH-1:0] a, b; output [WIDTH-1:0] y; genvar i; generate for (i = 0; i < WIDTH; i = i+1) begin:STAGE wire IN1 = a[i], IN2 = b[i]; wire C, Y; if (i == 0) assign C = IN1 & IN2, Y = IN1 ^ IN2; else assign C = (IN1 & IN2) | ((IN1 | IN2) & STAGE[i-1].C), Y = IN1 ^ IN2 ^ STAGE[i-1].C; assign y[i] = Y; end endgenerate endmodule \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} 3/3} \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{7pt}{8.5pt}\selectfont, language=Verilog] module cam(clk, wr_enable, wr_addr, wr_data, rd_data, rd_addr, rd_match); parameter WIDTH = 8; parameter DEPTH = 16; localparam ADDR_BITS = $clog2(DEPTH-1); input clk, wr_enable; input [ADDR_BITS-1:0] wr_addr; input [WIDTH-1:0] wr_data, rd_data; output reg [ADDR_BITS-1:0] rd_addr; output reg rd_match; integer i; reg [WIDTH-1:0] mem [0:DEPTH-1]; always @(posedge clk) begin rd_addr <= 'bx; rd_match <= 0; for (i = 0; i < DEPTH; i = i+1) if (mem[i] == rd_data) begin rd_addr <= i; rd_match <= 1; end if (wr_enable) mem[wr_addr] <= wr_data; end endmodule \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Currently unsupported Verilog-2005 language features} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Tri-state logic \item The wor/wand wire types (maybe for 0.5) \item Latched logic (is synthesized as logic with feedback loops) \item Some non-synthesizable features that should be ignored in synthesis are not supported by the parser and cause a parser error (file a bug report if you encounter this problem) \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Verification of Yosys} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} Continuously checking the correctness of Yosys and making sure that new features do not break old ones is a high priority in Yosys. \bigskip Two external test suites have been built for Yosys: VlogHammer and yosys-bigsim (see next slides) \bigskip In addition to that, yosys comes with $\approx\!200$ test cases used in ``{\tt make test}''. \bigskip A debug build of Yosys also contains a lot of asserts and checks the integrity of the internal state after each command. \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile]{\subsecname{} -- VlogHammer} VlogHammer is a Verilog regression test suite developed to test the different subsystems in Yosys by comparing them to each other and to the output created by some other tools (Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx XST, Altera Quartus II, ...). \bigskip Yosys Subsystems tested: Verilog frontend, const folding, const eval, technology mapping, simulation models, SAT models. \bigskip Thousands of auto-generated test cases containing code such as: \begin{lstlisting}[xleftmargin=1cm, basicstyle=\ttfamily\fontsize{8pt}{10pt}\selectfont, language=Verilog] assign y9 = $signed(((+$signed((^(6'd2 ** a2))))<$unsigned($unsigned(((+a3)))))); assign y10 = (-((+((+{2{(~^p13)}})))^~(!{{b5,b1,a0},(a1&p12),(a4+a3)}))); assign y11 = (~&(-{(-3'sd3),($unsigned($signed($unsigned({p0,b4,b1}))))})); \end{lstlisting} \bigskip Some bugs in Yosys where found and fixed thanks to VlogHammer. Over 50 bugs in the other tools used as external reference where found and reported so far. \end{frame} \begin{frame}{\subsecname{} -- yosys-bigsim} yosys-bigsim is a collection of real-world open-source Verilog designs and test benches. yosys-bigsim compares the testbench outputs of simulations of the original Verilog code and synthesis results. \bigskip The following designs are included in yosys-bigsim (excerpt): \begin{itemize} \item {\tt openmsp430} -- an MSP430 compatible 16 bit CPU \item {\tt aes\_5cycle\_2stage} -- an AES encryption core \item {\tt softusb\_navre} -- an AVR compatible 8 bit CPU \item {\tt amber23} -- an ARMv2 compatible 32 bit CPU \item {\tt lm32} -- another 32 bit CPU from Lattice Semiconductor \item {\tt verilog-pong} -- a hardware pong game with VGA output \item {\tt elliptic\_curve\_group} -- ECG point-add and point-scalar-mul core \item {\tt reed\_solomon\_decoder} -- a Reed-Solomon Error Correction Decoder \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Benefits of Open Source HDL Synthesis} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Cost (also applies to ``free as in free beer'' solutions) \item Availability and Reproducibility \item Framework- and all-in-one-aspects \item Educational Tool \end{itemize} \bigskip Yosys is open source under the ISC license. \end{frame} \begin{frame}{\subsecname{} -- 1/3} \begin{itemize} \item Cost (also applies to ``free as in free beer'' solutions): \smallskip\par Today the cost for a mask set in $\unit[180]{nm}$ technology is far less than the cost for the design tools needed to design the mask layouts. Open Source ASIC flows are an important enabler for ASIC-level Open Source Hardware. \bigskip \item Availability and Reproducibility: \smallskip\par If you are a researcher who is publishing, you want to use tools that everyone else can also use. Even if most universities have access to all major commercial tools, you usually do not have easy access to the version that was used in a research project a couple of years ago. With Open Source tools you can even release the source code of the tool you have used alongside your data. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{\subsecname{} -- 2/3} \begin{itemize} \item Framework: \smallskip\par Yosys is not only a tool. It is a framework that can be used as basis for other developments, so researchers and hackers alike do not need to re-invent the basic functionality. Extensibility was one of Yosys' design goals. \bigskip \item All-in-one: \smallskip\par Because of the framework characteristics of Yosys, an increasing number of features become available in one tool. Yosys not only can be used for circuit synthesis but also for formal equivalence checking, SAT solving, and for circuit analysis, to name just a few other application domains. With proprietary software one needs to learn a new tool for each of these applications. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{\subsecname{} -- 3/3} \begin{itemize} \item Educational Tool: \smallskip\par Proprietary synthesis tools are at times very secretive about their inner workings. They often are ``black boxes''. Yosys is very open about its internals and it is easy to observe the different steps of synthesis. \end{itemize} \bigskip \begin{block}{Yosys is licensed under the ISC license:} Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. \end{block} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Typical Applications for Yosys} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Synthesis of final production designs \item Pre-production synthesis (trial runs before investing in other tools) \item Conversion of full-featured Verilog to simple Verilog \item Conversion of Verilog to other formats (BLIF, BTOR, etc) \item Demonstrating synthesis algorithms (e.g. for educational purposes) \item Framework for experimenting with new algorithms \item Framework for building custom flows\footnote[frame]{Not limited to synthesis but also formal verification, reverse engineering, ...} \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Projects (that I know of) using Yosys} \begin{frame}{\subsecname{} -- (1/2)} \begin{itemize} \item Ongoing PhD project on coarse grain synthesis \\ {\setlength{\parindent}{0.5cm}\footnotesize Johann Glaser and Clifford Wolf. Methodology and Example-Driven Interconnect Synthesis for Designing Heterogeneous Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable Architectures. In Jan Haase, editor, \it Models, Methods, and Tools for Complex Chip Design. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Volume 265, 2014, pp 201-221. Springer, 2013.} \bigskip \item I know several people that use Yosys simply as Verilog frontend for other flows (using either the BLIF and BTOR backends). \bigskip \item I know some analog chip designers that use Yosys for small digital control logic because it is simpler than setting up a commercial flow. \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame}{\subsecname{} -- (2/2)} \begin{itemize} \item Efabless \begin{itemize} \smallskip \item Not much information on the website (\url{http://efabless.com}) yet. \smallskip \item Very cheap 180nm prototyping process (partnering with various fabs) \smallskip \item A semiconductor company, NOT an EDA company \smallskip \item Web-based design environment \smallskip \item HDL Synthesis using Yosys \smallskip \item Custom place\&route tool \bigskip \item efabless is building an Open Source IC as reference design. \\ \hskip1cm (to be announced soon: \url{http://www.openic.io}) \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Supported Platforms} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Main development OS: Kubuntu 14.04 \item There is a PPA for ubuntu (not maintained by me) \item Any current Debian-based system should work out of the box \item When building on other Linux distributions: \begin{itemize} \item Needs compiler with some C++11 support \item See README file for build instructions \item Post to the subreddit if you get stuck \end{itemize} \item Ported to OS X (Darwin) and OpenBSD \item Native win32 build with VisualStudio \item Cross win32 build with MXE \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Other Open Source Tools} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Icarus Verilog \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm{}Verilog Simulation (and also a good syntax checker) \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm{}\url{http://iverilog.icarus.com/} \bigskip \item Qflow (incl. TimberWolf, qrouter and Magic) \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm{}A complete ASIC synthesis flow, using Yosys and ABC \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm{}\url{http://opencircuitdesign.com/qflow/} \bigskip \item ABC \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm{}Logic optimization, technology mapping, and more \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm{}\url{http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alanmi/abc/} \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Yosys needs you} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \dots as an active user: \begin{itemize} \item Use Yosys for on your own projects \item .. even if you are not using it as final synthesis tool \item Join the discussion on the Subreddit \item Report bugs and send in feature requests \end{itemize} \bigskip \dots as a developer: \begin{itemize} \item Use Yosys as environment for your (research) work \item .. you might also want to look into ABC for logic-level stuff \item Fork the project on github or create loadable plugins \item We need a VHDL frontend or a good VHDL-to-Verilog converter \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Documentation, Downloads, Contacts} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Website: \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm\url{https://yosyshq.net/yosys/} \bigskip \item Manual, Command Reference, Application Notes: \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm\url{https://yosyshq.net/yosys/documentation.html} \bigskip \item Instead of a mailing list we have a SubReddit: \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm\url{http://www.reddit.com/r/yosys/} \bigskip \item Direct link to the source code: \\ \smallskip\hskip1cm\url{https://github.com/cliffordwolf/yosys} \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{Summary} \begin{frame}{\subsecname} \begin{itemize} \item Yosys is a powerful tool and framework for Verilog synthesis. \item It uses a command-based interface and can be controlled by scripts. \item By combining existing commands and implementing new commands Yosys can be used in a wide range of application far beyond simple synthesis. \end{itemize} \bigskip \bigskip \begin{center} Questions? \end{center} \bigskip \bigskip \begin{center} \url{https://yosyshq.net/yosys/} \end{center} \end{frame}