
C. Optimization
One last thing you should experiment is to optimize your gate-level netlist to reduce the
propagation delay between the flip-flop boundaries and perhaps to reduce its real estate
foot print on the chip (circuit area).
(a) Viewing unoptimized cells after the synthesis:
Before starting to optimize the top-level schematic, my_design, view the contents of your
unoptimized full adder.
On the top-level schematic, my_design, find your full adder, and double click the
full_adder module, view and print your unoptimized full adder schematic.
(b) Optimize the design:
To Optimize the design, type:
ac_shell> do_optimize
(c) Re-view the schematic of the design:
Now, double click the newly created full_adder module.
Print and compare the difference between the unoptimized and optimized full adder
schematics in terms of propagation delays and area.
(d) Exit ac_shell:
Type:
ac_shell> exit.
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