Digital Design and Computer Architecture, ARM Edition

4

Hardware Description Languages

Chapter 4 describes hardware description languages (HDLs). HDLs are related to conventional programming languages but are used to simulate and build hardware rather than software. Most digital systems today are designed with HDLs. SystemVerilog and VHDL are the two prevalent languages, and they are covered side-by-side in this book.

Keywords

hardware description language; SystemVerilog; VHDL; combinational logic; sequential logic; simulation; synthesis; testbench

Outline

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Combinational Logic

4.3 Structural Modeling

4.4 Sequential Logic

4.5 More Combinational Logic

4.6 Finite State Machines

4.7 Data Types*

4.8 Parameterized Modules*

4.9 Testbenches

4.10 Summary

Exercises

Interview Questions