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Development Environment

Development environment required for RSD depends on what you want to do.
This page considers the following three purposes.

• Software simulation
• Boot on Xilinx Zynq FPGA boards
• Synthesis for ASIC (experimental)

Operating System

Cygwin on Windows or Linux can be used, depending on your purpose.

	OS	Tested version
Software simulation	Windows Linux	Cygwin on Windows 10 Debian 8 Ubuntu 18.04
Boot on Xilinx Zynq FPGA boards	Linux	Debian 8 Ubuntu 18.04
Synthesis for ASIC	Linux	Debian 8 Ubuntu 18.04

Necessary Dependencies

The followings are required for all the three purposes on both Windows and Linux.

	Tested version
Git
GNU Make	4.0
Python 3	3.4.2
GCC (x86-64)	6.5.0
GCC (RISC-V)	8.1.0

For Software Simulation

One of the following is also required to simulate RSD on software simulators.

	Tested version
Mentor QuestaSim	2019.4.2
Mentor ModelSim	4.026 2020-01-11 rev v4.026-2-g0c6c83e
Xilinx Vitis	2019.2

For Boot on Xilinx Zynq FPGA Boards

The followings are also required to boot RSD on Xilinx Zynq FPGA boards.

	Tested version
Synopsys Synplify	2017-03
Xilinx Vitis (including Vivado)	2019.2

For Synthesis for ASIC (experimental)

The following is also required to synthesize RSD for ASIC.

	Tested version
Synopsys Design Compiler