Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog(TM) HDL + Xilinx 6.3 Student Edition Package (Hardcover)

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For an advanced course in digital design for seniors and first-year graduate students in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. This book builds on the student's background from a first course in logic design and focuses on developing, verifying, and synthesizing designs of digital circuits. The Verilog language is introduced in an integrated, but selective manner, only as needed to support design examples (includes appendices for additional language details). It addresses the design of several important circuits used in computer systems, digital signal processing, image processing, and other applications.

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Behavioral modeling with a hardware description language (HDL) is the key to modern ASIC design. Readers preparing to contribute to a productive design team must know how to use a hardware description language at key stages of the design flow. This book is written for a course going beyond the basic principles and methods learned in a first course in digital design.

Our focus is on design methodology enabled by an HDL. Our goal is to build on a student's background from a first course in logic design by

1. reviewing basic principles of combinational and sequential logic,
2. introducing the use of HDLs in design,
3. emphasizing descriptive styles that will allow the reader to quickly design working circuits suitable for application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and/or field-programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation, and
4. providing in-depth design examples using modern design tools. Readers are encouraged to simplify, clarify, and verify their designs.

The Verilog hardware description language (IEEE Standard 1364) serves as a common framework supporting the design activities treated in this book, but our focus is on developing, verifying, and synthesizing designs of digital circuits, not on the Verilog language. Most students taking a second course in digital design will be familiar with at least one programming language and will be able to draw on that background in reading this text. We cover only the core and most widely used features of Verilog.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Digital Design Methodology
Chapter 2: Review of Combinational Logic Design
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Sequential Logic Design
Chapter 4: Introduction to Logic Design with Verilog
Chapter 5: logic Design with Behavioral Models of Combinational and Sequential Logic
Chapter 6: Synthesis of Combinational and Sequential Logic
Chapter 7: Design and Synthesis of Datapath Controllers
Chapter 8: Programmable Logic and Storage Devices
Chapter 9: Algorithms and Architectures for Digital Processors
Chapter 10: Architectures for Arithmetic Processors
Chapter 11: Postsynthesis Design Tasks
Appendices

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; Student Edition Package edition (December 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131678442
• ISBN-13: 978-0131678446
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #581,648 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most used book in my library., November 1, 2002

By	Chris R. Gilbert "gilberttribe" (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog(TM) HDL (Hardcover)

Simply put, this is an excellent book. I have five books on my bookshelf covering HDL, and this book is by far the most informative and practical. The number of examples containing Verilog code, a test bench, a synthesized netlist, and simulation results is incredible. It covers some very important topics in detail that my other books don't even mention (design partitioning, clock domain synchronization, and proper gating of clocks immediately come to mind). I especially like the in-depth treatment the book gives to writing sythesizable code. Synthesis isn't an after thought; it is a primary focus exactly as it should be. The index is sufficient and larger than most books, but this book deserves more.

As an experienced engineer and engineering manager, I have used the text to provide examples, algorithms, and to instruct my engineering staff. This book is not only my main Verilog book, but it is my digital design reference as well.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best book for Verilog synthesis, March 2, 2005

By	D. Brown (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog(TM) HDL (Hardcover)

This is the best book that I have found for Verilog synthesis. There are many good books on Verilog, but most of them focus on simulation. This book is specifically useful for synthesis.

The book seems intended to be used for a course on digital logic design. The first few chapters deal with digital logic design generally, and can be ignored. The discussion of Verilog begins after 100 pages in chapter 4.

The core of the book is chapters 4 through 7, which describe how to define digital logic with Verilog. This is approximately 300 pages of description, discussion, and examples. The examples are well written, and very useful. The examples show, in a simple and straightforward manner, how to write Verilog that synthesizes well.

Chapter 8 covers programmable logic devices, such as CPLDs and FPGAs. Unfortunately, the focus of the chapter is on specific device families, and is only of historical interest. For example, none of the Xilinx FPGAs discussed would be recommended in a new design. If the chapter had covered the basic concepts of device categories of interest, it might remain useful.

The last few chapters cover some advanced topics, such as digital signal processing. A few of the topics covered are interesting. Most are too incomplete to be useful, and I believe that some of them (such as FIR filters) will not synthesize in a realistic case.

The appendicies are extensive, and provide a reference for Verilog.

The strength of the book is that it is the only one I have found that covers Verilog synthesis clearly. That portion of the book is a pleasure to use. The weakness of the book is that large sections are essentially irrelevant. It is a 1000 page book that would make a good 400 page book.

The book would be significantly improved by an update, especially to Verilog 2001. In the current edition, Verilog 2001 is mentioned only in an appendix.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book for advanced classes on Logic design, February 10, 2003

By	Alexander Taubin (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog(TM) HDL (Hardcover)

I am using this book for my graduate level classes on "Digital System Design Automation (From HDL to FPGA)". The book is very useful - It has, from one hand a very reasonable methodology behind. From the other hand it is an excellent collection of design examples. Especially important is the fact that the book is bundled with Xilinx ISE Student edition tools. The book is fully supported by presentation slides available from the author.