The Verilog® Hardware Description Language [Hardcover]

Donald E. Thomas (Author), Philip R. Moorby (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0792397231 | ISBN-13: 978-0792397236 | Publication Date: May 31, 1996 | Edition: 3rd

The text starts with a tutorial introduction which presents the major features of the language by example. It then continues with a more complete discussion of the language constructs. A formal description of the language is provided in the appendix.

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Thomas & Moorby's The Verilog® Hardware Description Language has become the standard reference text for Verilog. The Verilog® Hardware Description Language, Fifth Edition, is a valuable resource for engineers and students interested in describing, simulating, and synthesizing digital systems; the extensive number of simulatable examples and wide range of representation styles covered ensure its quick use in design. The book is also ready for use in university courses, having been used for introductory logic design and simulation through advanced VLSI design courses. An appendix with tutorial help and a work-along style is keyed into the introduction for new students. Material supporting a computer-aided design course on the inner working of simulators is also included. The Verilog® Hardware Description Language, Fifth Edition, includes a CD containing examples from the book and lecture slides. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (May 31, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792397231
• ISBN-13: 978-0792397236
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,899,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be great book, but shows too many deficiencies, October 8, 2002

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Jaroslaw Kaczynski "jerry_drake" (Henderson, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Verilog® Hardware Description Language (Hardcover)

This book should be used only by the experienced users that can filter out problematic sections.
Major problems:
- first chapter, "recommended" by authors for university courses, is extremely chaotic (begin..end blocks are called loops, exercises ask you to use loops before introducing them, etc.)
- cover of the latest edition claims coverage of the latest Verilog standard - unfortunately it is very poor coverage: new interesting features such as libraries and configurations are not mentioned at all!
- I had to work hard during many trainings to correct bad coding styles showing in students reading this book as their first Verilog publication
- the book is grossly overpriced...

Main advantage:
- good set of examples

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best book for learning Verilog, July 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 'The Verilog Hardware Description Language (with CD-Rom) (Hardcover)

This book takes the beginning verilog student through a quick tutorial with exercises for practice as you learn. The book is well written for learning the subjects it presents. The only reason it does not get five stars is because it is not a good reference. The information is in there, however, the index is incomplete and the information is scattered throughout the book. Finding information takes some manual searching. Otherwise, it is one of the best books for learning verilog. I used the included software instead of the Xilinx Foundation Series software for Students. The included software supports the complete verilog set, not just the sythesizable subset. If you are experienced, looking for a good reference , will spend nearly $150 for a book, and do not need a verilog simulator, I recommend the Complete Verilog Book. See my review of that book for more information.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, May 20, 2005

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Chris Williams (Long Island, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Verilog® Hardware Description Language (Hardcover)

'The Verilog Hardware Description Language' is a very good tutorial and reference for intermediate designers.
I used this book in an upper level hardware design course. The course had a beginning Verilog course as a prerequisite. I hadn't taken that course but I had experience in digital design and VHDL. This book got me up to speed quickly with it's many examples and tight explanations of the Verilog Language.
Some pluses:
-Example designs are short, complete, and simulatable. Most are even synthesizable. This is good because an example can be quickly understood in its entirety. You don't need to flip through and stare and multiple pages to get an idea of what's going on. If you insist on having them, there are two long, practical examples towards the end of the book.
-The text is very well written. Similar in style to 'The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie.'
-Verilog 2001: Focuses on 2001, which is a little clearer than previous standards. I think all tools support 2001 by default now so that should be used.

Some minuses:
-Too expensive.
-Not enough discussion on how Verilog constructs are compiled and netlisted. This is critically important in FPGA/ASIC design. However, this book is not any worse than other HDL books in this respect. It's just so important, I really haven't seen anything that gives the topic the treatment it deserves.

Possible minus:
-Not really for beginners. This is not a hardware design text.

I haven't used the CD that came with the book so I can't comment on that. My guess is anything on that CD is not as good as industry standard tools like Mentor's ModelSim.
Overall a very impressive book that will get you to productivity quickly in a Verilog project.