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FILENUMBER: 1275 BEGIN_KEYWORDS Text Hardware Design VHDL END_KEYWORDS DATE: July 2006 TITLE: Text on Hardware Design Using VHDL
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TITLE: Text on Hardware Design Using VHDL

A new text entitled "RTL Hardware Design Using VHDL:  Coding  for
Efficiency,  Portability,  and  Scalability"  by  P. Chu is being
published by Wiley-IEEE Press (ISBN: 0471720925).

This book teaches readers how to systematically design efficient,
portable,  and  scalable  Register  Transfer  Level (RTL) digital
circuits  using  the  VHDL  hardware  description  language   and
synthesis  software.   Focusing on the module-level design, which
is composed of functional units, routing  circuit,  and  storage,
the book illustrates the relationship between the VHDL constructs
and the underlying hardware components, and shows how to  develop
codes  that faithfully reflect the module-level design and can be
synthesized into efficient gate-level implementation.

Several unique features distinguish the book:

- Coding style that shows a clear relationship between VHDL 
  constructs and hardware components

- Conceptual diagrams that illustrate the realization of VHDL codes

- Emphasis on the code reuse

- Practical examples that demonstrate and reinforce design concepts,
  procedures, and techniques

- Two chapters on realizing sequential algorithms in hardware

- Two chapters on scalable and parameterized designs and coding

- One chapter covering the synchronization and interface
  between multiple clock domains

Additional information and a sample chapter can be found in BOOK

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