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Simulation
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Chipyard supports three classes of simulation:
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#. Software RTL simulation using commercial or open-source (Verilator) RTL simulators
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#. FPGA-accelerated full-system simulation using FireSim
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#. FPGA prototyping on ``fpga-shells`` platforms
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Software RTL simulators of Chipyard designs run at O(1 KHz), but compile
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quickly and provide full waveforms. Conversely, FPGA-accelerated simulators and FPGA prototyping run
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at O(100 MHz), making them appropriate for booting an operating system and
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running a complete workload, but have multi-hour compile times and poorer debug
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visibility. However, FPGA-accelerated simulators differ from FPGA prototyping by providing deterministic
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cycle-accurate results.
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Click next to see how to run a simulation.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:caption: Simulation:
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Software-RTL-Simulation
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FPGA-Accelerated-Simulation
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FPGA-Prototyping
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