len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek) (04/13/89)
Can anyone give me a reference to a book or article that gives a thorough description of VHDL, the VHSIC Hardware Description Language? Please reply by e-mail. I do not get a chance to read news with any regularity. Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Vanek UUCP: ... uunet!attcan!lsuc!array!len Array Systems Computing Inc. or ... utzoo!dciem!array!len 5000 Dufferin St. Suite 200 or lsuc!array!len@ai.toronto.edu Downsview, Ont. M3H 5T5 Phone: (416) 736-0900 Canada FAX: (416) 736-4715
peepa@tut.fi (Suhonen Pertti) (04/13/89)
In article <22@array.UUCP> len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek) writes:
Can anyone give me a reference to a book or article that
gives a thorough description of VHDL, the VHSIC Hardware
Description Language?
Yes! I'd like to have it, too.
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Pertti Suhonen Tampere University of Technology
peepa@tut.fi Signal Processing Laboratory
Tampere, Finlandjohnson@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Phil Johnson) (04/15/89)
Try "Chip-Level Modeling with VHDL" by Prof. James R. Armstrong. Prentice Hall, 1989. ISBN 0-13-133190-6. There are countless journal articles, too. Phil Johnson (johnson@hpdtc.hp.com) HP Design Technology Center
chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal) (04/15/89)
In article <PEEPA.89Apr13103856@korppi.tut.fi> peepa@tut.fi (Suhonen Pertti) writes: >In article <22@array.UUCP> len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek) writes: > [request for] reference [...] that gives a thorough description of VHDL >Yes! I'd like to have it, too. Not a "thorough" description, but an overview was given in EDN last month. It was by Steven Leibson in the March 16 issue. -- Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337
kagenski@apollo.COM (Joe Kagenski) (04/18/89)
Unfortunately, there is no one good source of descriptive information
on VHDL. I expect to see a few more books in the near future appearing
to discuss the language and modeling techniques in general.
=The bible is:
IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual, IEEE
IEEE Std 1076-1987
=One book already in print is:
Armstrong, James. CHIP LEVEL MODELING WITH VHDL, Prentice-Hall, 1988.
CALL NO. - TK 7874 .A75 1989
(this goes through some of the basics in modeling, a few holes here
and there, but in general a good book)
= Design&Test, April 1986 issue, IEEE
(Although outdated, since it looks at the DoD versions of the language,
it can be valuable in understanding some of the reasoning behind the
language.)
=Numerous Magazine Articles and Papers
Check out the last couple years of DAC proceeding for papers. Articles
have appeared in VLSI Systems Design, EDN, and other places describing
the language and it uses.
one article that comes to mind, discusses some basics;
Behavioral Description in VHDL; Dave Barton of Intermetrics,
VLSI System Design, June 1988
hope this helps
joe
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