Hdl Chip Design: A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing & Simulating Asics & Fpgas Using Vhdl or Verilog

by Douglas J. Smith

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965193438
• ISBN13: 9780965193436
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Doone Pubns
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.4" x 28.7" x 21.9"

Customer Reviews

The best where the bits meet the silicon

This is the only book I have read, in a dozen or so, that actually applies VHDL (and verilog) to real world hardware. This book is a must if you expect to make things work on FPGAs.

A must have....great VHDL/Verilog reference

I'm not-so-old-hands software engineer with EE background and what I really needed is a fast-pace reference book (a cookbook, if you want...) for VHDL with none of academic-style high-level discussion nor freshman-level ground-up definitions. This is a must-have book which provides strightforward information about effective usage of VHDL and Verilog language, with many examples given in concurrent VHDL nad Verilog form followed by synthesized circuit schematics. Both combinatorial and sequential (synchronous) circuits are well covered, as well as advanced topics like modeling finite-state machines and writing test harnesses. This is a must for every serious hw/sw designer.

why you should buy this book

I am a designer who has worked heavily in both VHDL and Verilog. I have read the other VHDL/Verilog books by Ashenden, Armstrong, Perry, Skahill, and Palnitkar, and this is the definitely the best. It shows by example major concepts you can't get from acedemic texts.The most important thing about this book is the way it shows you how the synthesis tool interprets your code, which is the single most important aspect of VHDL/Verilog coding. It saves you the frustration of finding out by trial and error, and shows you ways of avoiding nasty synthesis problems.This book is a must for any serious designer's library, and great for starters as well.

great reference...full of real examples!!

Listen, do you want to learn VHDL or/and VERILOG fast, efficiently and without going out of your mind?...this is the book. Not much theory, for that buy Ashenden's book, with the two, you will be set, theory and practice...perfect combination!!

Great, very helpful in understanding HDL chip design.

This book is filled with working examples of both Verilog and VHDL. In my opinion it is one of the best books on the subject of HDL design on the market. Not only do you learn, but since the book uses VHDL and Verilog, you can decide which one you prefer to work with.