dettmer@jupiter.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Thomas Dettmer) (01/10/91)
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dettmer@jupiter.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Thomas Dettmer)
Last edited: January 10, 1991
This is (a very incomplete) version of a monthly posting
to comp.lang.vhdl. Corrections and suggestions are appreciated.
My idea for the future is to split this into three seperated parts:
A. general informations, abbreviations, frequently asked questions, contacts
(more or less constant information)
B. books (please help)
C. tools (only adresses and short descriptions - discussion about the
quality, cost and other aspects are free to the group)
Please let me know your corrections/extensions ...
Contents
0. General Information/Introduction
1. Abreviationes
2. Official Contacts
3. Books on VHDL
4. Products
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0. General Information/Introduction
The newsgroup comp.lang.vhdl was created in January 1990. It's an
international forum to discuss ALL topics related to the language VHDL which
is actually defined by the IEEE Standard 1076/87 (current version - may
change in 1992). Included are language problems, tools that only support
subsets etc. NOT other languages such as Verilog HDL. This is not strict -
if there is the need to discuss information exchange from EDIF to VHDL for
example, this is a topic of the group. The group is unmoderated. Please
think carefully before posting - it costs a lot of money! (Take a look into
your LRM for example - if you still cannot find the answer, post your
question, but make sure, that other readers will get the point).
A chapter for frequently asked questions about the language will later be
added to this regulary posted information - as they appear on the net. If
necessary for the amount of information, this posting will possibly be split
into seperate postings for each chapter.
Before posting
- read this article - it possibly anwers your questions
- question about the language: try to find out in your LRM
1. Abreviationes
BBS: Bulletin Board System
DoD: USA Department of Defense
IEEE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engeneers
In case of VHDL, they defined the standard 1076
LRM: Language Reference Manual
TISSS: Tester Independent Support Software System
VHDL: VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHSIC: Very High Speed Integrated Circuits - A program of the DoD
VUG: VHDL User's group. See below.
WAVES: Waveform Vector and Exchange Specification, proposed IEEE Standard
2. Official Contacts
VHDL User's group.
They organize conferences, send a newsletter (paper) and have some
other activities. The general contact is:
USA
VHDL User's Group
3145 Geary Boulevard, Suite 123
San Francisco, CA 94118-3316
U.S.A.
(415) 329-8673 (Voice information/mailbox)
(415) 329-8649 (Electronic BBS)
BBS can be dialed up at any baud rate (soon to expand to 9600 MNP5 from
2400), parity, or start/stop bit settings.
(415) 324-3150 (FAX)
(415) 329-0510 (Human -- if you really have too!)
Chair of the VUG is
Randolph E. Harr, C.A.D.onomist, (408) 984-5952
There are chapters of the VUG (e.g. an european) - send me information
that I'm able to publish it.
VHDL Newsletter
Editor of the US Newsletter:
Rachael Rusting
Phone +1 617 661 1840, FAX +1 617 868-2843
email: rmr@inmet.inmet.com
Fred Hinchcliffe
Phone: (301) 963-5200
Europe
Editor of the European Newsletter
J. Mermet, J. Rouillard
Phone: 3+91 05 44 44, FAX 33+91 05 43 43
Institut Mediterraneen de Technologie
Technopole de Chateau-Gombert
13415 Marseille cedex -FRANCE-
mailing list/ftp adresses
Mail items of interest to info-vhdl@uceng.uc.edu. (the last newsletter
said VHDL@uceng.uc.edu ??)
Mail a request to be added to the group of registered news subscribers
to info-vhdl-request@uceng.uc.edu.
One can access the files online by "ftp"ing to account
anonymous@uceng.uc.edu.
WAVES/TISSS infos account anonymouos@tiss.radc.af.mil,
is anonymous@131.5.3.1
This regular posting
Thomas Dettmer, University of Dortmund, Dept. of Computer Science I
Box 50 05 00
W-4600 Dortmund 50 (Germany)
Phone: +49-231 755 4825, FAX: +49-231 755 2386
email: dettmer@jupiter.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
3. Books on VHDL
VHDL Standard Language Reference Manual, IEEE Std-1076-1987
IEEE Press
<where can I get ...?is CLSI the appropriate adress?>
The VHDL Handbook, David Coelho (Vantage Analysis Systems)
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989
Chip Level Modelling in VHDL, J. Armstrong
Addison-Wesley, 1988
An Introduction to VHDL: Hardware Description and Design, Lippstedt,
Schaeffer, Ussery
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989
4. Products:
This list is currently very incomplete - please help to update it.
This list is without any guarantie to be complete or correct. It is included
to enable contacts to vendors. It does not contain version, quality or price
informations. Possibly some more information will be added later.
(state information unknown means not to be sure wether a product is on the
market or not)
Ascent Technology, Inc.
2433 Villa Nueva
Mountain View, CA 94040
phone: (415)940-1550, FAX (408)722-2017
MetaView : basic design environment to be customized
VHDL/DA : Design Assistant (VHDL/DA) : MetaView based environment
for design management, structure editing, browsing, state
machine editing, architectur editing source code
transformation ( for synthesis )
state : Release 1 announced for April 91
CAD Language Systems, Inc.
USA
15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 310
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 963-5200
Europe:
Rosedale House
Rosedale Road
Richmond, Surrey TW9 2SZ, UK
Phone: +44 81 332 0192, FAX: +44 81 948 8263
VTIP virtual tool integration platform state available
<name?> simulation code generator (no kernel) state unknown
Cadence
<adress?>
unknown
Dasix
<adress?>
unknown
Intermetrics
733 Concord Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02 138
phone: (671)-1840 FAX: (671) 868-2843
email: cms@inmet.inmet.com (C. M. Schmitz)
VHDL Design Environment simulation system SUN/DEC
University Program
Model Technology Inc.
15455 N. W. Greenbrier Parkway, Suite 210
Beaverton, OR 97006 USA
Phone: +1 (503) 690-6838, FAX: +1 (503) 690-2093,
BBS: +1 (503) 690-0635
V-System/PC PC based simulator state: available
windows based version announced for 12'90
Mentor Graphics
2045 Hamilton Ave
San Jose, CA 95125-6199
Phone: 408-371-2900, FAX 408-559-4916
VHDL Vision/Mentor System 1076 simulation, synthesis, state unknown
Pittsburgh University of [PD/SW?]
<who can say more about this?>
analyzer/simulator and sources (?) ftp?
Swedish Intstitute of Microelectronics
Box 1084
S-164 21 Kista -SWEDEN-
phone: +46 8-752 1000 FAX: +46 8-750 8056
(as far as I know, marketing is done by some other, private company)
MINT multi-level interactive simulation system
Synopsis/ZyCad
1380 Willow Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
<Phone? FAX?>
System VHDL simulator/editor
Valid
<adress?>
<name?> simulator
ZyCad s. Synopsis
I know there are more - please send me your information and correct me for
errors.
dettmer@jupiter.ls1.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
phone: +49-231 755 4825, FAX: +49-231 755 2386
Thomas Dettmer, Dortmund University, Computer Science I
Post Box 50 05 00, W-4600 Dortmund 50, Germanycraig@synopsys.com (Craig Cochran) (01/16/91)
In article <628@synopsys.COM> craig@synopsys.com (Craig Cochran) writes: > >Synopsys, Inc. >1098 Alta Avenue >Mountain View, CA 94043 >USA >Phone: (415)962-7091 >FAX: (415)965-8637 >Products: VHDL Synthesis, VHDL Simulation > Whoops!! The phone number I listed in that posting is NOT the main Synopsys number, but someone's extension. Please DO NOT use it. The correct Phone number for Synopsys is: (415)962-5000 -- Craig Cochran Product Marketing Manager email: craig@synopsys.com Synopsys, Inc. voice: (415)962-7723