D Related Standards

VHDL, as a hardware description language, is a fundamental tool for designing electronic circuits and systems. However, it does not stand alone. It must be part of a collection of methodologies, tools and utilities that form a complete electronic design automation (EDA) environment. The IEEE Design Automation Standards Committee (DASC) and other groups are actively developing standards that specify these other components of the EDA suite. In this appendix, we briefly introduce those standards that have been completed or are in progress and discuss future evolution of existing standards.

The IEEE practice is to designate authorized standards development projects that are in progress with the letter ‘P’ followed by the standard ...

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