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Chapter 1: Constraint Types<br />

Synthesis <strong>Constraints</strong><br />

Synthesis constraints direct the synthesis tool optimization technique for a particular<br />

design or piece of Hardware Description Language (HDL) code. The constraints are<br />

either embedded in the source code, or are included in a separate synthesis constraints<br />

file.<br />

The following constraints are synthesis constraints:<br />

• FROM-TO<br />

• IOB<br />

• KEEP<br />

• MAP<br />

• MARK_DEBUG<br />

• OFFSET IN<br />

• OFFSET OUT<br />

• PERIOD<br />

• TIG<br />

• TNM<br />

• TNM_NET<br />

Synthesis Constraint Documentation<br />

XST synthesis constraints are documented in:<br />

• XST User <strong>Guide</strong> for Virtex-4, Virtex-5, Spartan-3, and Newer CPLD Devices (UG627)<br />

• XST User <strong>Guide</strong> for Virtex-6, Spartan-6, and 7 Series Devices (UG687)<br />

Other synthesis constraints are documented in the software vendor’s documentation.<br />

<strong>Constraints</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

18 www.xilinx.com UG625 (v. 13.2) July 6, 2011

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