DocumentCode :
996563
Title :
Hardware Description Languages: Voices from the Tower of Babel*
Author :
Lipovski, G.J.
Author_Institution :
The University of Texas
Volume :
10
Issue :
6
fYear :
1977
fDate :
6/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
14
Lastpage :
17
Abstract :
A hardware description language can be used to describe the logic gates, the sequential machines, and the functional modules, along with their interconnection and their control, in a digital system. In a general sense, Boolean equations, logic diagrams, programrning languages, and Petri nets are hardware description languages: they can be used to describe some aspect of hardware and they have definable syntax and semantics. Specifically, what is more commonly referred to as a hardware description language is a variation of a programming language tuned to the overall needs of describing hardware. This article will discuss the rationale for using such languages in the first place, identify the problems attendant upon their proliferation, and describe the measures being taken to achieve a solution.
Keywords :
Boolean functions; Control systems; Digital control; Digital systems; Hardware design languages; LAN interconnection; Logic gates; Logic programming; Poles and towers;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9162
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/C-M.1977.217740
Filename :
1646515
Link To Document :
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