VHDL: Modular Design and Synthesis of Cores and Systems

by Zainalabedin Navabi

Utilize the Latest VHDL Tools and Techniques for Designing Embedded Cores, Cutting-Edge Processors, RT Level Components, and Complex Digital Systems. The classic VHDL: Modular Design and Synthesis of Cores and Systems has been fully updated to cover methodologies of modern design and the latest uses of VHDL for digital system design. The book shows you how to utilize VHDL to create specific constructs for specific hardware parts, focusing on VHDL's new libraries and packages.

This cutting-edge resource explores the design of RT level components; the application of these components in a core-based design; and the development of a complete processor design with its hardware and software as a core in a system-on-a-chip (SoC). Filled with over 150 illustrations, VHDL: Modular Design and Synthesis of Cores and Systems features:

An entire toolkit for register-transfer level digital system design Testbench development techniques New to this edition: Coverage of the latest uses of VHDL for digital system design, design of IP cores, interactive and self checking testbench development, and VHDL's new libraries and packages

Inside this State-of-the-Art VHDL Design Tool:

Design Methodology VHDL Overview Structure of VHDL Simulation Model Combinational Circuits Sequential Circuits Testbench Development Control-Data Partitioned Designs Design of RTL Embedded Cores CPU RT Level Design CPU Memory Instruction Level Testing Software Tools Embedded System Design

732 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2007