The Designer's Guide to VHDL (Systems on Silicon): Volume 3

by PeterJ.Ashenden (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $63.65

  VHDL, the IEEE standard hardware description language for describing digital electronic systems, has recently been revised. This book has become a standard in the industry for learning the features of VHDL and using it to verify hardware designs. This third edition is the first comprehensive book on the market to address the new features of VHDL-2008. This is the first comprehensive book on VHDL to incorporate all new features of VHDL-2008, the latest release of the VHDL standard. The book: helps readers get up to speed quickly with new features of the new standard; presents a structured guide to the modeling facilities offered by VHDL; shows how VHDL functions to help design digital systems; includes extensive case studies and source code used to develop testbenches and case study examples; and, helps readers gain maximum facility with VHDL for design of digital systems.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $14.62

  Since the publication of the first edition of The Designer's Guide to VHDL in 1996, digital electronic systems have increased exponentially in their complexity, product lifetimes have dramatically shrunk, and reliability requirements have shot through the roof. As a result more and more designers have turned to VHDL to help them dramatically improve productivity as well as the quality of their designs. VHDL, the IEEE standard hardware description language for describing digital electronic systems, allows engineers to describe the structure and specify the function of a digital system as well as simulate and test it before manufacturing. In addition, designers use VHDL to synthesize a more detailed structure of the design, freeing them to concentrate on more strategic design decisions and reduce time to market. Adopted by designers around the world, the VHDL family of standards have recently been revised to address a range of issues, including portability across synthesis tools. This best-selling comprehensive tutorial for the language and authoritative reference on its use in hardware design at all levels--from system to gates--has been revised to reflect the new IEEE standard, VHDL-2001. Peter Ashenden, a member of the IEEE VHDL standards committee, presents the entire description language and builds a modeling methodology based on successful software engineering techniques. Reviewers on Amazon.com have consistently rated the first edition with five stars. This second edition updates the first, retaining the authors unique ability to teach this complex subject to a broad audience of students and practicing professionals.