What is SmartDesign?

SmartDesign is a design entry tool. It is the first tool in the industry that can be used for designing System on a Chip designs, custom FPGA designs or a mixture of both types in the same design. A SmartDesign can be the entire FPGA design, part of a larger SmartDesign, or a user created IP that can be stored and reused multiple times. It is a simple, intuitive tool with powerful features that enables you to work at the abstraction level at which you are most comfortable.

It can connect blocks together from a variety of sources, verify your design for errors, manage your memory map, and generate all the necessary files to allow you to simulate, synthesize, and compile your design.