I put a blog entry up on the Oasys blog about their new release, which is the first to support VHDL. But a couple of people told me it was a nice recounting of history so I decided to put a more ...

The data objects in VHDL and Verilog form expression operands. Knowing the operand differences between the two HDLs helps you write more efficient chip-design code. Expressions consist of operators ...

The new Active-HDL 4.2 Standard Edition shows a 300% simulation speed improvement over the previous 4.1 version for both VHDL and Verilog designs. Additionally, for Verilog designs, Active-HDL 4.2 ...

We’ve been fans of the Yosys / Nextpnr open-source FPGA toolchain for a long while now, and like [Michael] we had no idea that their oss-cad-suite installer sets up everything so that you can write in ...

VHDL and Verilog are hardware description languages, used to describe and define logic circuits. They’re typically used to design ASICs and to program FPGAs, essentially using software to define ...

Esperan is running its project-based HDL training courses through June and July. The aim, says the training company, is to allow designers to implement their project in hardware using supplied ...

Addition of Spansion Flash Memory Marks 10,000th Part Number for Free Model Foundry SAN JOSE, Calif.--Aug. 10, 2006--Free Model Foundry (FMF), an open source model warehouse and design services ...

This paper describes the history of the Verilog hardware description language (HDL), including its influential predecessors and successors. Since its creation in 1984 and first sale in 1985, Verilog ...