Hardware Description Languages
Hardware description languages (HDLs) are used to model, describe, and test electronic circuits. Here's a collection of our HDL content and links to useful content outside of Embedded.com.
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Efficient Migration of Verilog Testbenches to UVM
01 December 2011
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This paper addresses challenges faced during the conversion of a typical IP level Verilog... Read More
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A guide to VHDL for embedded software developers: Part 1 – Essential commands
10 comments 19 July 2011
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A series of three articles for embedded software developers unfamiliar with VHDL that is designed to ... Read More
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Smart ways to write System Verilog Assertions
1 comments 01 October 2010
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This article describes a few of the rules focusing on System verilog assertions which would help in... Read More
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Transitioning from C/C++ to SystemC in high-level design
12 comments 31 May 2010
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It's far easier to do architecture design in SystemC than it is to do it in C and C++. If... Read More
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HDL Design Methods for Low-Power Implementation
20 March 2009
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Increasing clock frequency and a continuous increase in the number of transistors on chip have made... Read More
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Hardware/Software Verification enters the "atomic age": Part 2
02 April 2008
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George Harper provides some practical guidelines on how to atomic transaction methods in designing... Read More
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Hardware/software verification enters the atomic age: Part 1
23 March 2008
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Although you may not have heard of atomic transactions, they're likely to change how you design and... Read More
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Get Your Priorities Right — Make Your Design Up to 50% Smaller
14 November 2007
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This white paper describes a rarely noticed design technique that can make a difference in the size... Read More
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Automated Synthesis of High-Level VHDL-AMS Analog Descriptions
28 September 2007
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This paper describes a technique of translating high-level behavioral models of analog dynamic... Read More
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Introduction to Verilog
01 June 2006
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Hardware Description Languages use statements, like programming language statements, in order to... Read More
