VHDL Compilers/Simulators

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VHDL compiler from Pacific Blue Computing

Readings

VLSI

• Moore, G. E. Cramming more components onto integrated circuits, Electronics, Volume 38, Number 8, April 19, 1965,  pp. 114 - 117.

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Video Presentations

VLSI

• Semizon in parternership with Stanford center for professional development "EDA Where Electronics Begins Video", 2002.
  
• Carranza, R. Silicon run [videorecording], Stanford, CA, University Video Communications, 1986. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7874 S524.)

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• Armstrong, J., Introduction to VHDL [videorecording], Stanford, CA, University Video Communications, 1991. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7874 I6.)

References and Textbooks

Digital Design

Katz, R. and G. Borriello Contemporary Logic Design, second edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.

Katz, R. Contemporary Logic Design, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1994. (McPherson Library Call No.TK7888.4 K36.)

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VHDL

This section includes the list of VHDL textbooks owned by the UVic McPherson libary. McPherson library call number is included for easy accessing:

• Ashenden, P. J., The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1996. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7888.3 A873.)
• Berge, J., et al., VHDL Designer's Reference, Kluwer Academic Publishers,1992. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7885.7 V47.)
• Cohen, B., VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7885.7 C65 1999.)
• Dewey, A., Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL, PWS Publishing Company, 1997. (McPherson Library Call No.TK7868 D5D48.)
• Hsu, Y., et al., VHDL Modeling for Digital Design Synthesis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995 (includes a CD-ROM.) (McPherson Library Call No. TK7868 D5V34.)
• Mazor, S., Langstraat, P., A Guide to VHDL, 2^nd Edition, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7885.7 M39 1993.)
• Navabi, Z., VHDL, Analysis and Modeling of Digital Systems, McGraw-Hill, 1993. (McPherson Library Call No. TK7874 N38.)
• Pellerin, D. and Taylor D., VHDL Made Easy, Prentice Hall PTR, 1997 (includes a CD-ROM.) (McPherson Library call No. TK7885.7 P455.)
• Skahill, K., VHDL for Programmable Logic, Addison-Wesley, 1996.(McPherson Library Call No.TK7885.7 S55.)

On-Line

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This section includes links to VHDL web resources:

The ftp site of Peter Ashenden's book: "The VHDL Cookbook"

VHDL Cookbook: Parts [cover, contents, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].

The home page of Peter Ashenden's book: "The Designer's Guide to VHDL, second edition"

The home page of Peter Ashenden's book: "The Designer's Guide to VHDL"

The home page of Peter Ashenden's book: "The Student's Guide to VHDL"

VHDL Tutorial: Learn by Example

VHDL Online

VHDL-Online Main Frame

VHDL training courses from Doulos. Some good VHDL tutorials could be find on this site.

Accellera home page

Synopsys home page

Xilinx site: where the VHDL Foundation Software Compiler comes from

The Hamburg VHDL archive

Lists of Books on VHDL

Newsgroup: comp.lang.vhdl

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VLSI

This section includes links to web sites showing

UVIC IC home: A background tutorial on fabrication of IC (a UVic product).

University of Victoria VLSI Design and Test Research Group

EDA industry groups

Design of CMOS: an animated tutorial

Static Free Software Home Page

How Microprocessors Work (Intel)

Intel Museum

History of the Microprocessor (Intel museum)

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