Research Catalog

Title

A designer's guide to VHDL synthesis / Douglas E. Ott, Thomas J. Wilderotter.

Author

Ott, Douglas E., 1942-

Publication

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Wilderotter, Thomas J., 1959-

Description

xxiv, 306 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• A Designer's Guide to VHDL Synthesis is intended for both design engineers who want to use VHDL-based logic synthesis to design ASICs and for managers who need to gain a practical understanding of the issues involved in using this technology. The emphasis has been placed more on practical applications of VHDL and synthesis based on actual experiences, rather than on a more theoretical approach to the language.
• VHDL and logic synthesis tools provide very powerful capabilities for ASIC design, but are also very complex and represent a radical departure from traditional design methods. This situation has made it difficult to get started in using this technology for both designers and management, since a major learning effort and "culture" change is required.
• A Designer's Guide to VHDL Synthesis has been written to help design engineers and other professionals successfully make the transition to a design methodology based on VHDL and logic synthesis instead of the more traditional schematic based approach. While there are a number of texts on the VHDL language and its use in simulation, little has been written from a designer's viewpoint on how to use VHDL and logic synthesis to design real ASIC systems.
• The material in this book is based on experience gained in successfully using these techniques for ASIC design and relies heavily on realistic examples to demonstrate the principles involved.

Subject

• VHDL (Computer hardware description language)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Making the Transition to VHDL Synthesis -- Ch. 3. VHDL Background for Synthesis -- Ch. 4. Synthesis of Sequential Circuits -- Ch. 5. Sequential Counter Applications -- Ch. 6. Control Logic and State Machines -- Ch. 7. Data Processing Functions -- Ch. 8. Combinational Logic and Optimization -- Ch. 9. Putting the Pieces Together -- Ch. 10. Evaluating A Synthesis System -- Ch. 11. Future Prospects for ASIC Synthesis.

ISBN

0792394720 (alk. paper)

LCCN

94020003

OCLC

• 30474432
• ocm30474432

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries