Report Power Impacted Signals
The Verdi™ Automated Debug system supports the standard power formats, Common Power Format (CPF) and Unified Power Format (UPF), as well as the related power-aware debugging capability. This was initially introduced in the 2009.10 newsletter.
Typically, designers for CPF/UPF power intent files and designers of HDL are not the same. To help HDL designers quickly grasp which signals are impacted by the power intent, a Tools > Report Impacted Signals command is provided in the Power Manager window (invoked via the File > Import CPF/UPF Files command in nTrace). When the Tools > Report Impacted Signals command is executed, the Report Power Impacted Signals form will open. The form lists all signals which are impacted by the power intent (imported from the UPF/CPF files). See the following figure for an example of the form.
Each column of the Report Power Impacted Signals form can be sorted by clicking on the heading of the column. For example, you can turn on the Show Full Name option to display signals with full hierarchical names and click the heading of the Signal column to sort. After sorting, the list will be sorted by hierarchy which makes it easy to browse by scope.
For complete details on the usage of the Power Manager window, refer to the Power Manager chapter of the Verdi and Siloti Command Reference Manual (<NOVAS_INST_DIR>/doc/novas.pdf). For more detailed Power Aware Debug commands and usage, please refer to the “Power Aware Debug” application note (KB#8192-2) located in the knowledge base of the SpringSoft support website (support.springsoft.com).Report Power Impacted Signals
The Verdi™ Automated Debug system supports the standard power formats, Common Power Format (CPF) and Unified Power Format (UPF), as well as the related power-aware debugging capability. This was initially introduced in the 2009.10 newsletter.[bc1]
Typically, designers for CPF/UPF power intent files and designers of HDL are not the same. To help HDL designers quickly grasp which signals are impacted by the power intent, a Tools à Report Impacted Signals command is provided in the Power Manager window (invoked via the File à Import CPF/UPF Files command in nTrace). When the Tools à Report Impacted Signals command is executed, the Report Power Impacted Signals form will open. The form lists all signals which are impacted by the power intent (imported from the UPF/CPF files). See the following figure for an example of the form.
[bc1]Karim, can you put a link to this old article?
