How do I reduce the simulation time required to simulate F-Tile Transceiver-based designs that use FEC?

Due to a problem in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 24.2, the C-models required for fast simulation times of F-Tile transceiver-based designs that use FEC are not enabled by default.

To work around this problem, perform the following steps, depending on which simulator you are using:

• VCS

1. Open the simulation setup script (vcs_setup.sh) in the Synopsys VCS simulation directory
2. Append the following option to USER_DEFINED_SIM_OPTIONS

USER_DEFINED_SIM_OPTIONS ="-sv_lib $QUARTUS_INSTALL_DIR/eda/sim_lib/libdb_gdr_fec"

3. Append the following option to USER_DEFINED_ELAB_OPTIONS

USER_DEFINED_ELAB_OPTIONS=”+define+gdrb_GDR_FEC_FASTSIM”

• Xcelium

1. Open the simulation setup script (xcelium_setup.sh) in the Xcelium simulation directory.
2. Append the following option to USER_DEFINED_SIM_OPTIONS

USER_DEFINED_SIM_OPTIONS ="-sv_lib $QUARTUS_INSTALL_DIR/eda/sim_lib/libdb_gdr_fec"

3. Append the following option to USER_DEFINED_COMPILE_OPTIONS

USER_DEFINED_COMPILE_OPTIONS=”+define+gdrb_GDR_FEC_FASTSIM”

• Questasim

1. Open the simulation setup script (msim_setup.tcl) in the Mentor simulation directory.
2. Append the following option to USER_DEFINED_ELAB_OPTIONS

USER_DEFINED_ELAB_OPTIONS ="-sv_lib $QUARTUS_INSTALL_DIR/eda/sim_lib/libdb_gdr_fec"

3. Append the following option to USER_DEFINED_COMPILE_OPTIONS

USER_DEFINED_COMPILE_OPTIONS=”+define+gdrb_GDR_FEC_FASTSIM”

• Riviera

                Riviera simulator is currently not supported.  

This problem is fixed beginning with the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 24.3.