Three decades of HDLs. I. CDL through TI-HDL

Author

Chu, Yong ; Hill, F.J. ; Barbacci, M.R. ; Ordy, G. ; Johnson, Bryant ; Roberts, Mike

Author_Institution

Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Current hardware description languages (HDLs) benefit from the efforts of designers of hardware description languages dating back to the mid 1960s. The developers of six HDLs discuss their motivations and their views of how their work relates to the present very-high-speed integrated circuit HDLs (VHDLs). The languages discussed are Computer Design Languages (CDL). Digital Systems Design Languages (DDL). A Hardware Programming Language (AHPL), Instruction Set Processor Specifications (ISPS), Instruction Set Processor Prime (ISP´), and Texas Instruments Hardware Description Language (TI-HDL).<>

Keywords

specification languages; Computer Design Languages; Digital Systems Design Languages; Hardware Programming Language; Instruction Set Processor Prime; Instruction Set Processor Specifications; Texas Instruments Hardware Description Language; VHDLs; hardware description languages; very-high-speed integrated circuit; Algorithm design and analysis; Clocks; Concurrent computing; Design engineering; Electronic circuits; Hardware design languages; Logic circuits; Logic design; Logic programming; Registers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Design & Test of Computers, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7475

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/54.143147

Filename

143147