Verilog ― 2001: A Guide to the New Features of the Verilog® Hardware Description Language: 652 (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 652) - Hardcover

Sutherland, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792375688 ISBN 13: 9780792375685

Publisher: Springer, 2001

Synopsis

by Phil Moorby The Verilog Hardware Description Language has had an amazing impact on the mod­ em electronics industry, considering that the essential composition of the language was developed in a surprisingly short period of time, early in 1984. Since its introduc­ tion, Verilog has changed very little. Over time, users have requested many improve­ ments to meet new methodology needs. But, it is a complex and time consuming process to add features to a language without ambiguity, and maintaining consistency. A group of Verilog enthusiasts, the IEEE 1364 Verilog committee, have broken the Verilog feature doldrums. These individuals should be applauded. They invested the time and energy, often their personal time, to understand and resolve an extensive wish-list of language enhancements. They took on the task of choosing a feature set that would stand up to the scrutiny of the standardization process. I would like to per­ sonally thank this group. They have shown that it is possible to evolve Verilog, rather than having to completely start over with some revolutionary new language. The Verilog 1364-2001 standard provides many of the advanced building blocks that users have requested. The enhancements include key components for verification, abstract design, and other new methodology capabilities. As designers tackle advanced issues such as automated verification, system partitioning, etc., the Verilog standard will rise to meet the continuing challenge of electronics design.

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Review

`Mr. Sutherland was one of the principal engineers involved with the creation of the Verilog-2001 standard. The insights he provides in this book are a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand these latest enhancements to the Verilog language.'
Phil Moorby, Co-design Automation, Inc.
`Stuart has done an outstanding job of explaining in detail all the new features of Verilog 2001. His book is very well written, easy to read and should serve as an invaluable supplement to the actual IEEE 1364-2001 standard.'
Maq Mannan, DSM Technologies and Chair, IEEE 1364 Standards Group
`This book is a must read for anyone who wants to use and take advantage of all the new powerful features in Verilog 2001. Mr Sutherland clearly describes all new constructs and compares them with the previous Verilog 1995 standard. His description of advantages of the new constructs and potential pitfalls is particularly useful when getting up to speed with Verilog 2001.'
Anders Nordstrom, Nortel Networks, Ltd.
`This book provides an excellent overview an explanation of the new Verilog 2001 features, the rationale for each new feature, and examples. Users of the new standard will find this book beneficial and easy to read.'
Ben Cohen, Publisher, Trainer, Consultant
`This book is a must-have for any Verilog programmer who wants to keep in touch with the latest developments in the language. [...]it could also serve as a good reference for beginners who can take advantage of the new features and adopt a muxch advanced coding style.'
IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, September 2003

Synopsis

The IEEE 1364-2001 standard, nicknamed 'Verilog-2001', is the first major update to the Verilog language since its inception in 1984. This book presents 45 significant enhancements contained in Verilog-2001 standard. A few of the new features described in this book are: ANSI C style port declarations for modules, primitives, tasks and functions; automatic tasks and functions (re-entrant tasks and recursive functions); multidimensional arrays of any data type, plus array bit and part selects; signed arithmetic extensions, including signed data types and sign casting; enhanced file I/O capabilities, such as $fscanf, $fread and much more; enhanced deep submicron timing accuracy and glitch detection; generation of blocks for creating multiple instances of modules and procedures; and, configurations for true source file management within the Verilog language. This book assumes that the reader is already familiar with using Verilog.

It supplements other excellent books on how to use the Verilog language, such as "The Verilog Hardware Description Language", by Donald Thomas and Philip Moorby (Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 0-7923-8166-1) and "Verilog Quickstart: A Practical Guide to Simulation and Synthesis", by James Lee (Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN: 0-7923-8515-2).

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0792375688
• ISBN 13: 9780792375685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 146