When HDL Compiler reads in a Verilog or VHDL RTL description of the design, it translates
the design into a technology-independent representation (GTECH). In GTECH, both
registers and latches are represented by a SEQGEN cell, which is a
technology-independent model of a sequential element as shown in the figure below. SEQGEN
cells have all the possible control and data pins that can be present on a sequential element.


Knowing this is important and useful when you would set constraint on a register in the synthesis phase of HDL mapping, e.g.,
1 | set_multicycle_path -from [get_pins A_Example_reg/clocked_on] |
Refer to the document of ‘Design Compiler Optimization Reference Manual’ for details.