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Verilog-2001 vs SystemVerilog

Verilog-2001 is widely synthesizable; SystemVerilog adds stronger typing, interfaces, assertions and verification constructs, but tool support varies.

Use a small synthesizable subset deliberately. For teaching and portable examples, Verilog-2001 plus explicit testbenches is still useful. For larger teams, SystemVerilog types, packages and assertions can reduce errors when the selected tools support them.

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Toolchains: vivado-webpack, quartus-prime, yosys
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Pitfalls: Some SystemVerilog constructs are simulation-only. Synthesis support differs between vendor and open-source tools.

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