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FILENUMBER: 466 BEGIN_KEYWORDS Text Structured Logic Design VHDL Armstrong Gray END_KEYWORDS DATE: june 1995 TITLE: Text on Structured Logic Design Using VHDL by Armstrong and Gray Text on Structured Logic Design Using VHDL by Armstrong and Gray (Contributed by Jim Armstrong of Virginia Tech) "Structured Logic Design With VHDL" (ISBN 0-13-885206-1) by J. R. Armstrong and F. G. Gray is intended to teach digital design at a high level of abstraction. There are two main steps in this process: (1) development of a hardware description language model and (2) transformation of the model into a logic circuit that can be fabricated. In teaching the first step, we use VHDL, the VHSIC Hardware Description Language. VHDL, whose development began in 1983 under DOD sponsorship, was further developed by the IEEE and released as IEEE Standard 1076 in 1987. Since that time, VHDL has evolved into the de facto industry standard for hardware description languages. In the opinion of the authors, it has the most comprehensive set of modeling constructs available in any hardware description language. For these reasons, VHDL was chosen as the base language for this book. The second step of the high level design process involves synthesis. In this book, synthesis is viewed as a multistep process, beginning with an English description which is transformed first into VHDL and then from VHDL into a circuit schematic. Wherever synthesis is discussed, emphasis is placed on understanding the relationship between VHDL language constructs and the implied logic circuit. This book is written for three main educational purposes: (1) for a second course in logic design for undergraduate students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science; (2) for a graduate course dealing with hardware description languages and other design aids; and (3) for practicing engineers who wish to learn about design with hardware description languages. Thus the assumed background for the book is (1) a basic course in computer organization and logic design and (2) some knowledge of high level languages, such as C or PASCAL. For additional information, contact: Prof. Jim Armstrong Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech/Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111 Tel: 703-231-4723 Fax: 703-231-3362 E-mail: jra@vt.edu To order, contact: Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 TEL: (800)-223-1360

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