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Frequently Asked Questions And Answers: Part 2

This is a monthly posting to comp.lang.vhdl containing information on VHDL books. Please send additional information directly to the editor:

Corrections and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for all corrections.

At the end of this listing, you'll also find reports on global topics concerning VHDL, which are available per ftp.

There are three other regular postings: part 1 lists general information on VHDL, part 3 lists products & services (PD+commercial), part 4 contains descriptions for a number of terms and phrases used to define VHDL.

Table of Contents

• 1. Documents of the IEEE
  • 1.1. Where to Obtain?
• 2. Books on VHDL
  • 2.1. Books in french
  • 2.2. Books in german
  • 2.3. Books in japanese
  • 2.4. Books in dutch
  • 2.5. Some Publisher Addresses
• 3. Report section

1. Documents of the IEEE

"1076-1987 Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual"

IEEE Standards, Not available from the IEEE anymore. Now available from Menchini & Associates (see FAQ part 3 products & services), for a cost of $50 US. Please contact mench@mench.com for further information.

"IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual"

IEEE Std 1076-1993, IEEE Standards, Order Code SH 16840, $56, 30% IEEE Member Discount, bulk discounts, ISBN 1-55937-376-8, 1994

The Sense of VASG

Standard No. 1076-CONC-1990, Order Code SH13326, $22.50,
"This publication is the companion document to IEEE Std 1076-1987. It clarifies ambiguities and editorial errors in IEEE Std 1076-1987 and contains accepted requests for new language features"

"IEEE Standards Interpretations: IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual"

IEEE Std 1076/INT-1991, Order Code SH148941991

"IEEE Standard Multivalue Logic System for VHDL Model Interoperability (std_logic_1164)"

IEEE Std 1164-1993, ...1993

"A CD-ROM Learning Tool for VHDL"

The VHDL CD-ROM Tutorial provides an easy-to-use logical method of referencing the standard, while showing actual detailed examples of VHDL implementation. This product is available for use in Microsoft Windows. (3.1 and '95), Macintosh., Sun OS and Sun Solaris environments. See also http://stdsbbs.ieee.org/products/catalog/cd.html.

1.1. Where to Obtain?

Europe

2. Books on VHDL

VHDL

Doug Perry
ISBN 0-07-049434-7, MacGraw-Hill
390 pages, 2nd edition, ATTN: Charles Decker, Professional Publishing Group 11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, available

The VHDL Handbook

David Coelho (Vantage Analysis Systems)
ISBN 0-7923-90310-8, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, examples and std package on (PC) disc for $100 handling cost from: Coelho Publications, 43000 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538 voice: (415) 770-0875, fax: (415) 770-0728, email: ...!uunet!coelho!drc

The VHDL Cookbook

Peter J. Ashenden, University of Adelaide, South Australia
per ftp from ftp://ftp.cs.adelaide.edu.au/pub/VHDL-Cookbook/ (129.127.8.8) (Mac,PC,PS) or ftp://bears.ece.ucsb.edu/pub/VHDL/comp.lang.vhdl

Chip Level Modelling in VHDL

J. Armstrong
Prentice Hall
1988, pp. 148, 119,- german marks

An Introduction to VHDL: Hardware Description and Design

Lipsett, Schaeffer, Ussery
ISBN 0-7923-9030-x, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, 320 pp, $59.95

Applications of VHDL to Circuit Design

edited by Randolph Harr and Alec Stanculescu
ISBN 0-7923-9153-5, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1991, 256 pp, $75.00, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell,MA 02061

ASIC System Design with VHDL: A Paradigm>

S. Leung, M.A. Shanblatt
ISBN 0-7923-9032-6, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, 240 pp, $56.50

Introduction to HDL-Based Design Using VHDL

Steve Carlson
Synopsys, Inc.
$49.95, 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 (415)962-5000

Hardware Design and Simulation in VAL/VHDL

Larry M. Augustin, David C. Luckham, Benoit A. Gennart, Yo Huh and Alec G. Stanculescu
ISBN 0-7923-9087-3, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1991, 352 pp, $69.95

Performance and Fault Modeling with VHDL

edited by Joel M. Schoen
ISBN 0-13-658816-6, Prentice Hall
$44.00, 406 pages clothbound

A VHDL Primer

J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-13-952987-X, Prentice Hall
revised edition (includes features from VHDL-93) ISBN 0-13-181447-8
phone 1-515-284-6751

VHDL Designer's Reference

Jean Michel Berge, Alain Fonkua, Serge Maginot, Jacques Roulliard
ISBN 0-7923-1756-4, Kluwer Academic Publishers

A Guide to VHDL

Stanley Mazor, Patricia Langstraat
ISBN 0-7923-9255-8, Kluwer Academic Publishers

VHDL for Simulation, Synthesis and Formal Proofs of Hardware

Jean Mermet
ISBN 0-7923-9253-1, Kluwer academic publishers

VHDL: Analysis and Modelling of Digital Systems

1/E, Zainalabedin Navabi
ISBN 0-07-046472-3, Mc Graw Hill
US$ 38.50

VHDL Programming with Advanced Topics

Louis Baker
John Wiley & Sons New York, 1993

Structured Logic Design With VHDL

J.R. Armstrong and F. Gail Gray
ISBN 0-13-855206-1, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA
May of 1993

Digital System Design using VHDL

Chin-Hwa Lee, CorralTek
P.O. 2616, Salinas, CA 93902 (408) 484-1726
Price $29 (answer book $10)

Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL

A. Dewey
Addison-Wesley
1992

Circuit Synthesis with VHDL

R Airiau, JM Berge, V Olive
ISBN 0-7923-9429-1, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1994

VHDL '92; The New Features of the VHDL Hardware Description Language

Berge, Fonkoua, Maginot and Rouillard
ISBN:0-7923-9356-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Price: $87.50 Dfl180.00

The Designer's Guide to VHDL

Peter J. Ashenden
ISBN 1-55860-270-4, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
1995, 710 pages, list price US$44.95, http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~petera/designers-guide/DG.html

A VHDL Primer, Revised Edition

J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-13-181447-8, Prentice Hall
(this edition is based on VHDL-93)

A Designer's Guide to VHDL Synthesis

Ott
ISBN 0-7923-9472-0, Kluwer Academic Publishers

A Guide to VHDL Syntax

J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-13-324351-6, Prentice Hall
$45.00, Number of pages: 268

Formal Semantics for VHDL

Carlos Delgado Kloos, Peter T. Breuer (eds.)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
more info on: http://www.dit.upm.es/~cdk/inv/euroform/sem-vhdl.html

VHDL Techniques, Experiments, and Caveats

J. Pick
ISBN 0-07-049906-3, McGraw-Hill
$55

VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies,... an In-depth Tutorial

Ben Cohen
ISBN 0-7923-9598-0, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1995, 365 pp, $94, Disk included, Web page: http://members.aol.com/vhdlcohen/vhdl/

Introduction to VHDL

D Hunter, T Johnson
Paperback:0-412-73130-4, Chapman & Hall
November 1995, 246x189mm, 496 pages, 8 line illus, UK o24.99

VHDL Modeling for Digital Design Synthesis

Yu-Chin Hsu
ISBN 0-7923-9597-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers
376p

Digital Design & Synthesis with VHDL

Ross
ISBN 0-9627488-3-8, Automata Publishing Company
1994, 300p, Cloth Text

VHDL Buyer's Guide

Steve Wolfe and Fouad Kiamilev
ISBN 0-934869-14-6, Cad Cam Publishing, Incorporated 11/1992, Trade Paper, 30p

A VHDL Synthesis Primer

J. Bhasker
ISBN: 0-9650391-0-2, Star Galaxy Publishing
February 1996, 250pp, Hardcover, $49.95, Publisher/Order info: Star Galaxy Publishing, 1058 Treeline Drive, Suite 247, Allentown, PA 18103, 610-391-7296 (Phone/fax: 24 hrs), http://members.aol.com/SGalaxyPub

VHDL: Features and Applications, A self-study course

J. Bhasker
IEEE
Contains: Self study course + final exam + A VHDL Primer(Revised Edition) text + IEEE Std 1076-1993 + IEEE Std 1164-1993 (all in one package), $229.00 IEEE members, $299 non-members, IEEE Product number: HL5712, To order: Call IEEE at (800) 678-IEEE

HDL Chip Design - A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing and simulating ASICs and FPGAs using VHDL or Verilog

Douglas J. Smith
ISBN 0-9651934-3-8, Doone Publications
Foreword by Alex Zamfirescu, IEEE Project Chair/IEC TC Convenor. This book won the 1997 small press award for Science and Engineering. Shows equivalent VHDL and Verilog models side-by-side followed by a common synthesized circuit implementation. Large format (8.5x11 inches) - case bound - 470 pages - 240 illustrations - 180 practical modeling examples.

HDL Chip Design - A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing and Simulating ASICs and FPGAs using VHDL or Verilog

Douglas J. Smith
ISBN 0-9651934-3-8, Doone Publications, Tel./Fax: USA 205 837 0580
June 1996, Large format (8.5 x 11) inches, case bound, 464 pages, 240 illustrations, 180 practical modeling examples showing VHDL and Verilog side-by-side followed by a common synthesized. $65,email: asmith@hiwaay.net, Web: http://fly.HiWAAY.net/~asmith

Quick-Turnaround ASIC Design in VHDL :: Core-Based Behavioral Synthesis

M. S. Ben Romdhane, V. K. Madisetti, J. W. Hines, (Foreword by Prof. J. Allen, MIT)
ISBN 0-7923-9744-4, Kluwer Academic Publishers
June 1996, $95, http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/215/book3.html

VLSI Digital Signal Processors: An Introduction to Rapid Prototyping and Design Synthesis (using VHDL and other means)

Vijay K. Madisetti
ISBN 7506-9406-8, IEEE Order Number PC5599, IEEE Press
1995, 524 pp., $59, http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/vijaykm/bl.html

VHDL Made Easy

David Pellerin and Douglas Taylor
ISBN 0-13-650763-8, Prentice Hall
1996, 420 pages, $54.95. Includes CD-ROM containing a VHDL simulator, VHDL examples and other software. Available direct from Accolade Design Automation (800-470-2686), 26331 NE Valley Street, Suite 5-120, Duvall, WA 98019, FAX 206-788-3768, http://www.acc-eda.com/

VHDL Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, 2nd Edition

Ben Cohen
ISBN 0-7923-8115-7, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1998, Web page: http://members.aol.com/vhdlcohen/vhdl/

VHDL for Designers

Stefan Sjoholm and Lennart Lindh
ISBN 0-13-473414-9, Prentice Hall
Covers everything from basics of VHDL through test benches, synthesis, test methodology even to behavioral synthesis

2.1. Books in french

VHDL du langage a la modelisation

R. Airiau, J.M. Berge, V. Olive and J. Rouillard
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Lausanne 1990

2.2. Books in german

Schaltungsdesign mit VHDL

Gunther Lehmann, Bernhard Wunder, Manfred Selz
ISBN 3-7723-6163-3, Franzis-Verlag
317 Seiten, mit Diskette, Poing, 1994, DM 89,-

Abstrakte Modellierung digitaler Schaltungen (VHDL vom funktionalen Modell bis zur Gatterebene)

K. ten Hagen
ISBN 3-540-59143-5, Springer
August 1995

VLSI-Entwurf (Vorgehen, Methoden, Automatisierung)

Thomas Kropf
ISBN 3-8266-0163-7, International Thomson Publishing
TAT (Thomson Aktuelle Tutorien) Nr.17, (trotz des Titels ist das Buch zu ca. 80% ein VHDL-Buch)

Die VHDL-Syntax (Deutsche Uebersetzung von "A Guide to VHDL Syntax")

J. Bhasker
ISBN: 3-8272-9528-9, Prentice Hall Verlag GmbH

2.3. Books in japanese

Transation of: A VHDL Primer

Jayaram Bhasker
ISBN4-7898-3286-4 C3055 P3200E, CQ Publishing

2.4. Books in dutch

VHDL, VHDL'87/'93 en voorbeelden

Egbert Molenkamp
ISBN 90-802634-2-7
1996, 246 pp, Dfl 70,- (excl. VAT and Handling), Order via: Transfer EDS, Institutenweg 16, 7521 PK, Enschede, the Netherlands

2.5. Some Publisher Addresses

• Prentice Hall
  www: http://www.prenhall.com/
  Order addresses
  • U.S.: To order by phone, call 1-(800) 643-5506. Please give the operator the following "key code": E1001-A1(3)
    
  • UK, Europe, Middle East, and Africa: Fax your order to 44-1-442-882277, or send e-mail to ibd_orders@prenhall.co.uk.
• Kluwer Academic Publishers
  www: http://www.wkap.com/
  Contact addresses
  • North and South America: Kluwer Academic Publishers Customer Service Department, P.O. Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358, U.S.A., Tel : (617) 871-6600, Fax : (617) 871-6528, E-mail: kluwer@wkap.com
  • Rest of the World: Kluwer Academic Publishers Customer Service Department, P.O. Box 989, 3300 AZ Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Tel : (+31) 78 639 23 92, Fax : (+31) 78 639 22 54, E-mail: services@wkap.nl
• McGraw-Hill
  www: http://www.books.mcgraw-hill.com/
  Contact addresses
  • U.S.: McGraw-Hill, 11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 U.S.A.
  • United Kingdom and Europe: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Europe, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 2QL, England, Telephone +44 (0)1628 502500 Fax +44 (0)1628 770224
• Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
  www: http://www.mkp.com/
  
  • USA:
    • Mail order: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 340 Pine Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA.
    • Phone order: Please call 800-745-7323 from the US or Canada, or 415-392-2665 from any other location.
  • Europe & the UK: Afterhurst Mail Order Service, 27 Church Road Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA, United Kingdom
    Telephone: 44-1-273-748427, Fax: 44-1-273-722180, Email: mkp.europe@psypress.co.uk
• John Wiley & Sons
  www: http://www.wiley.com/
  Order
  • United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: U.S. Customer Service Department at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Distribution Center, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, NJ 08875-1272, Phone: (908) 469-4400 or (800) 225-5945, Fax: (908) 302-2300, Email: bstahoski@wiley.com, Hours: 8:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m. EST
• Springer-Verlag, Germany
  www: http://www.springer.de/
  Contact addresses: Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197 Berlin, Germany, x-49-30-82787-0, Email: service@springer.de
• Doone Publications
  www: http://www.doone.com/
  Contact addresses
  • America, Europe: Anne Smith, Doone Publications, 7950, Highway 72W #G106, Madison, Al, 35758, USA, Phone: Outside USA +1 205 837 0580, Within USA 1 800 311 3753, Fax: +1 205 837 0580, Email: asmith@doone.com
  • Asia, Australasia: Coral Cooksley, Kirstep Distribution, Australia, Phone: +61 (02) 489 7855, Fax: +61 (02) 489 7034, Email: cc@aaoepp.aao.gov.au

3. Report section

On ftp://ftp.estec.esa.nl/pub/vhdl/doc (or via http://www.estec.esa.nl/wsmwww/vhdl/vhdlpage.html) the following documents can be found (look in their README for the most actual info):

BoardLevel.ps

"VHDL Models for Board-level Simulation", ref. WSM/SH/010 This document provides recommendations for development and usage of VHDL models intended for Board-level simulation. The purpose of these recommendations is to modelling criteria that will produce models that are highly accurate in both functionality and timing, and that will provide sufficient simulation performance to facilitate long simulation runs. Format: postscript.

CompList.ps

"Support Component List", ref. WDN/PS/822 Issue 2 This document contains summary information for European components for space applications. Their main characteristics are listed, including radiation tolerance. Coordinates to contact persons for further information are also included. Format: postscript.

ModelGuide.ps

"VHDL Modelling Guidelines", ref. ASIC/001 Issue 1 The ESA VHDL Modelling Guidelines have been established to ensure a good coding standard for VHDL, w.r.t. to readability, portability and extensive verification. There are separate sections dealing with specific requirements for models for component simulation, board-level simulation, system-level simulation and test benches. The document is being used for education at several universities, as a base for company specific guidelines etc. Format: postscript.

UseOfVHDL.ps

"The Usage of VHDL in the European Space Agency" An overview of the current and envisaged (April 1995) usage of VHDL within ESA. Describes the background, scope and purpose of the ESA VHDL Modelling Guidelines, and introduces the upcoming document "VHDL Models for Board-level Simulation". Outlines a planned scheme for making VHDL models for Board-level simulation available including schemes for protecting the design information. The paper was presented at the Workshop on Libraries, Component Modeling and Quality Assurance in Nantes (F), April 1995. Format: postscript.

VHDLReport.ps

"The VHDL Standard" (by E2S n.v.) An overview of the May 1994 status of the VHDL standard and associated activities within the IEEE, EIA, and ESPRIT projects. An extensive summary of VHDL repositories is included, together with a list of European VHDL tools. Format: postscript.

Other free documents:

The VHDL Cookbook

see booklist entry