Title :
The Florida Hardware Design Language
Author :
Maurer, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Abstract :
The Florida Hardware Design Language (FHDL), an expandable language that provides a uniform method for specifying all portions of an integrated circuit´s design, is discussed. FHDL was designed to support the development and testing of wafer-scale integrated circuits, especially at the functional level, but can be used to design other integrated circuits at many levels. FHDL is not just a design language, but a framework for developing a wide range of computer-aided design tools. The syntactic structure, extensibility, and automatic layout are discussed
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit technology; specification languages; CAD; FHDL; Florida Hardware Design Language; IC; WSI; automatic layout; design; functional level; syntactic structure; wafer-scale integrated circuits; Circuit testing; Computer science; Design automation; Design engineering; Hardware design languages; Integrated circuit synthesis; Integrated circuit testing; Programmable logic arrays; Read only memory; Wafer scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1990.117849
