\documentclass[12pt,tikz]{standalone} \pdfinfoomitdate 1 \pdfsuppressptexinfo 1 \pdftrailerid{} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \tikzstyle{lvl} = [draw, fill=green!10, rectangle, minimum height=2em, minimum width=15em] \node[lvl] (sys) {System Level}; \node[lvl] (hl) [below of=sys] {High Level}; \node[lvl] (beh) [below of=hl] {Behavioral Level}; \node[lvl] (rtl) [below of=beh] {Register-Transfer Level (RTL)}; \node[lvl] (lg) [below of=rtl] {Logical Gate Level}; \node[lvl] (pg) [below of=lg] {Physical Gate Level}; \node[lvl] (sw) [below of=pg] {Switch Level}; \draw[dotted] (sys.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (sysx); \draw[dotted] (hl.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (hlx); \draw[dotted] (beh.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (behx); \draw[dotted] (rtl.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (rtlx); \draw[dotted] (lg.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (lgx); \draw[dotted] (pg.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (pgx); \draw[dotted] (sw.east) -- ++(1,0) coordinate (swx); \draw[gray,|->] (sysx) -- node[right] {System Design} (hlx); \draw[|->|] (hlx) -- node[right] {High Level Synthesis (HLS)} (behx); \draw[->|] (behx) -- node[right] {Behavioral Synthesis} (rtlx); \draw[->|] (rtlx) -- node[right] {RTL Synthesis} (lgx); \draw[->|] (lgx) -- node[right] {Logic Synthesis} (pgx); \draw[gray,->|] (pgx) -- node[right] {Cell Library} (swx); \draw[dotted] (behx) -- ++(5,0) coordinate (a); \draw[dotted] (pgx) -- ++(5,0) coordinate (b); \draw[|->|] (a) -- node[right] {Yosys} (b); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}