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Digital Logic and State Machine Design
by David J Comer
Hardcover 3rd edition (November 1995)
ISBN: 0195107233


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Subject: comp.lang.vhdl FAQ part 2 of 4: books
Date:     6 Aug 1998 12:45:14 GMT
From:    edwin@ds.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (Edwin Naroska)
Organization: University of Dortmund, Germany
Newsgroups: comp.lang.vhdl

Frequently Asked Questions And Answers: Part 2

Preliminary Remarks

This is a monthly posting to comp.lang.vhdl containing information on VHDL books. Please send additional information directly to the editor: edwin@ds.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (Edwin Naroska).  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.

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. Books in Swedish
+ 2.6. 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 $75 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://standards.ieee.org/catalog/cd.html.

1.1. Where to Obtain?

U.S.A.:
IEEE Service Center
445 Hoes Lane
P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 USA
Phone: 1-800-678-IEEE, FAX: 908-981-9667

Canada:
This office is no longer in operation.

Europe:
IEEE Computer Society, 13,
Avenue de l'Aquilon,
B-1200 Brussels BELGIUM
Telephone: 32.2.770.21.98
FAX: 32.2.770.85.05

2. Books on VHDL

Please send a note to the editor if any of this books are out of print or a good book is missing. See also http://www.vhdluk.org/books/pubpage.htm for another list of
publications on VHDL.

Essential VHDL : RTL Synthesis Done Right
Rajan, Sundar
ISBN: 1199456721, S & G Publishing
June 1998, Softcover, Web page:
http://www.clbooks.com/sqlnut/SP/search/gtsumt?isbn=11994
56721

VHDL for Logic Synthesis, 2nd Edition
Andrew Rushton
ISBN 0-471-98325-X, John Wiley & Sons
May 1998, 390 pages, Hardback, Web page:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~arushton/

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/

Digital Design and Modeling with VHDL and Synthesis
K.C. Chang, Boeing
ISBN 0-8186-7716-3, IEEE Computer Society Press
January 1997, 368 pages. 7" x 10" Hardcover,
The book combines VHDL and synthesis in an easy-to-follow step-by-step sequence. This approach addresses common mistakes and hard-to-understand concepts in a way that eases learning. Digital Design and Modeling with VHDL and Synthesis introduces VHDL with closely related practical design examples, simulation waveforms, and schematics so the reader can better understand their correspondence and relationship. See http://www.computer.org/cspress/catalog/bp07716.htm

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,
asmith@doone.com
1997, 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, http://www.doone.com.

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

Vhdl for Programmable Logic
Kevin Skahill, Jay Legenhausen, Ron Wade, Corey Wilner,
BL Wilson
ISBN 0201895730, Addison-Wesley
May 1996, 593 pages, book & CD-Rom edition includes
Cypress WARP software and examples,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201895730/002-9
583653-7021215

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 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 for Designers
Stefan Sjoholm and Lennart Lindh
1996, ISBN 0-13-473414-9, Prentice Hall
Covers everything from basics of VHDL through test benches, synthesis, test methodology even to behavioral synthesis

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 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/

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

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

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

Digital Design & Synthesis with VHDL
Ross
ISBN 0-9627488-3-8, Automata Publishing Company
1994, 300p, Cloth Text

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

VHDL
Doug Perry
ISBN 0-07-049434-7, MacGraw-Hill
1993, 390 pages, 2nd edition, ATTN: Charles Decker,
Professional Publishing Group 11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, available

VHDL Programming with Advanced Topics
Louis Baker
John Wiley & Sons 1993, New York

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

Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL
A. Dewey
Addison-Wesley
1992

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

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

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

An Introduction to VHDL: Hardware Description and Design
Lipsett, Schaeffer, Ussery
ISBN 0-7923-9030-x, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, 320 pp, $59.95

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

Chip Level Modelling in VHDL
J. Armstrong
Prentice Hall
1988, pp. 148, 119,- german marks

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

Introduction to HDL-Based Design Using VHDL
Steve Carlson
Synopsys, Inc.
$49.95, 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA
94043 (415)962-5000

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

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

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

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 Modeling for Digital Design Synthesis
Yu-Chin Hsu
ISBN 0-7923-9597-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers
376p

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

2.1. Books in French

VHDL, du langage au circuit , du circuit au langage
J. Weber and M.Meaudre
ISBN 2-225-82957-8, edition Masson
1997

Initiation au langage VHDL
Michel Amiaux
ISBN 2-225-85232-4, edition Masson
1996, http://www.masson.fr/science/

Circuits numériques et synthèse logique, un outil : VHDL
Jacques Weber, Maurice Meaudre
ISBN 2-225-84956-0, Collection : Technologie de
l'Université à l'Industrie
1995, 208 pages

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

Abstrakte Modellierung digitaler Schaltungen (VHDL vom
funktionalen Modell bis zur Gatterebene)
K. ten Hagen
ISBN 3-540-59143-5, Springer
August 1995

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

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. Books in Swedish

VHDL för konstruktion
Lennart Lindh, Stefan Sjöholm
ISBN 91-44-47782-1
1996, 524 pp, Studentlitteratur

2.6. 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:
o Mail order: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 340 Pine Street,
Sixth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA.
o 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

Only stuff available by ftp, http or similar will be mentioned here, if of general interest.  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 define 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.

At ftp://ftp.edif.org/pub/vhdl/models the following documents are available:

VHDL93-model.ps
Internal Report, 30-03-95, ``An Information Model of VHDL'93 (Draft Version 02)'' University of Manchester, Department of Computer Scienc. Format: postscript.

VHDL87-model.ps
Internal Report, 10-11-94, ``An Information Model of VHDL'87 (Draft Version 10)'' University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science. Format: postscript.

Content of the README file: "The present documents are the result of work supported by the UK Defence Research Agency and ESIP (ESPRIT Project 8370). The goal has been to produce comprehensive information models of VHDL'87 and VHDL '93.  The models defined here describe the essential objects and the semantics of VHDL'87 and VHDL'93 at the description, analysis, elaboration and simulation levels of design. They are not implementation information models for a VHDL simulator nor for a VHDL checker; they can, however, provide the basis for the creation of such
implementation oriented information models.

The VHDL'87 model is accompanied by a the presentation from file VHDL87-model-presentation.ps.

This document supersedes the earlier reports ECIP2/UM/015-1 01-05-93 and UM Internal Report 10-10-94."

Other free documents:

The VHDL Cookbook
see booklist entry

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