Title : 
Evolution of EDA standards worldwide
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Cadence Design Syst., San Jose, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper EDA standards sponsored by the IEEE Design Automation Standards Committee are discussed. An introduction to the DASC and the original DASC standard, VHDL are also presented.
         
        
            Keywords : 
IEEE standards; electronic design automation; hardware description languages; DASC standard; EDA standard; VHDL; design automation standards subcommittee; electronic design automation; Electronic design automation and methodology; IEEE standards; Standards; DASC; DASS; EDA; Rosetta; SystemVerilog; VHDL; design and test; hardware description language; hardware verification language; integrated circuits; intellectual property; standards;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MDT.2011.16