Re: [myhdl-list] Introduction and Question

[Angel E. <ang...@gm...>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Christopher Felton
<chr...@gm...> wrote:
> <snip>.
>>>
>>> We might want to poll the MyHDL community and see what the most popular
>>> VHDL simulator used is.  Might be easier to get more help :)
>>>
>>
>> Here we use Xilinx iSIM, Modelsim and we are also starting to use
>> Xilinx' next generator simulator (called Vivado Simulator).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Angel
>>
>
> Isim does not support VPI/DPI/VHPI, it has not support for external
> interfaces.  Do you know if the Vivado Simulator is based on Isim?  Does
> VivaSim support VHPI?
>
> Are you using a Vendor version of Modelsim?  Or do you have one of the
> DE/PE/Questa (was SE)?
>
> Regards,
> Chris

Chris,

we use the PE version. As for Vivado, I do not know if they support
VHPI. I don't think it is based on ISIM. They seem to have started
from scratch, which can only be a good thing given how bad ISE was.

Cheers,

Angel