dettmer@jupiter.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Thomas Dettmer) (10/15/90)
CALL FOR DISCUSSION - please respond
NAME:
comp.lang.vhdl
STATUS:
unmoderated
CHARTER:
VHDL-1076 (VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuits) Hardware Describtion
Language) is an IEEE Standard scince 1987. It is "a formal notation intended
for use in all phases of the creation of electronic systems. ... it supports
the development, verification, synthesis, and testing of hardware designs,
the communication of hardware design data ..." [Preface to the IEEE Standard
VHDL Language Reference Manual] and especially the SIMULATION of hardware
describtions. Additionally VHDL-models are a DoD requirement for vendors.
Today simulation systems and other tools (synthesis, verification and others)
based on VHDL are available. The VHDL users community is growing fast.
Several international conferences organized by the VHDL Users Groups(s) have
been held with relevant interest. Other international conferences adress the
topic with growing interest as well (Conference on Hardware Description
Languages -CHDL-, [European] Design Automation Conference -[Euro]DAC ...).
This group is a forum to discuss all problems related with the VHDL Language
and tools supporting VHDL. Important topics are (without restriction to
other ideas):
Problems with the language [reference manual].
Books on VHDL.
Design example exchange.
Available tools, their features and problems. (compilers, simulation,
synthesis, verification ...)
Coding conventions.
The varios groups and activities in/beside VHDL (WAVES, VASG...)
Conferences on VHDL
WHY A NEW GROUP:
There are currently a lot of tools based on VHDL. As far as I know, they are
all commercial, ranging fromm $500 (PC Version Simulator) to <unbounded>. A
lot of people are working on tools and more are using the available ones.
Some discussions in various groups and mailing lists prove that there is
growing interest and a lot of questions/problems have to be solved. It
seems, that there will be enough traffic in the new group to justify the
creation.
SCHEDULE:
1. DISCUSSION
The discussion period begins on monday, october 22.
It ends on tuesday, november 20.
(possibly continued by email)
2. VOTE
If the discussion is successfull, I'll send the call for votes on
monday, november 26. The rest of the procedure will correctly follow
the rules to create new groups (see news.announce.newusers for details).
Please respect, that the follow-up of a CALL FOR DISUSSION is news.groups.
Send your opinions to this call - otherwise there will be no comp.lang.vhdl.
All comments are welcome.
tom
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