6550 - Cadence Xcelium: How to resolve Cadence Xcelium library issues?

The user has to compile both uaplatform and device (i.e., lfcpnx) libraries. uaplatform contains generic library functions like LUT4, BB, standard cell libraries etc and lfcpnx library contains device-specific libraries. While specific device library compiles all included primitives. Both are required for simulation.

This can be compiled using cmpl_libs on tcl. Note: It is recommended to compile the libraries using XCELIUM 20.09.004.
Sample script:  cmpl_libs.tcl -sim_path <sim_path> [-sim_vendor {mentor<default>|cadence|aldec}] [-device {ice40up|lifcl|lfcpnx|lfd2nx|lfmxo5|ap6a00|ut24c|ut24cp|all<default>}] [-target_path <target_path>]
Example:  cmpl_libs -sim_path /tools/dist/cadence/XCELIUM/XCELIUM20.09.004/Linux/tools.lnx86/bin/ -sim_vendor cadence -device lfcpnx -target_path /home/<user>/wb_sim/

Below image shows the compiled libraries by the script cmpl_libs under wb_sim folder.

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​Sample simulation script saved in run_xcelium file: 

-reflib /home/<user>/wb_sim/lfcpnx

-reflib /home/<user>/wb_sim/uaplatform

./top_mpcs_1/testbench/tb_top.v

-y ./top_mpcs_1/rtl

-y ./top_mpcs_1/misc

-y /./top_mpcs_1/testbench

-incdir ./top_mpcs_1/rtl

-incdir ./top_mpcs_1/misc

-incdir ./top_mpcs_1/testbench

-libext .v

-sv

Sample xrun: xrun -v_XCELIUM20.09.004 -f run_xcelium

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