For senior/graduate-level courses in Advanced Digital Design and Advanced Digital Logic in departments of electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. Intended to teach a synthesis-based approach to design using a hardware description language (i.e., VHDL), this text focuses on the synthesis process in how to translate VHDL descriptions into gate level logic. It teaches the VHDL language in detail, describes modeling at three different levels of abstraction (algorithmic, data flow, and gate level), and explains the ASIC Design Process. Illustrations of synthesis with standard cell libraries and FPGAs are given using Synopsys and Xilinx tools.

Table of Contents:
Preface. 1. Structured Design Concepts. The Abstraction Hierarchy. Textual vs Pictorial Representations. Types of Behavioral Descriptions. Design Process. Structural Design Decomposition. The Digital Design Space. 2. Design Tools. CAD Tool Taxonomy. Schematic Editors. Simulators. The Simulation System. Simulation Aids. Applications of Simulation. Synthesis Tools. 3. Basic Features of VHDL. Major Language Constructs. 3. Lexical Description. Character Set. VHDL Source File. Data Types. Data Objects. Language Statements. Advanced Features of VHDL. The Formal Nature of VHDL. VHDL 93. Summary. 4. Basic VHDL Modeling Techniques. Modeling Delay in VHDL. The VHDL Scheduling Algorithm. Modeling Combinational and Sequential Logic. Logic Primitives. 5. Algorithmic Level Design. General Algorithmic Model Development in the Behavioral Domain. Representation of System Interconnections. Algorithmic Modeling of Systems. 6. Register Level Design. Transition from Algorithmic to Data Flow Descriptions. Timing Analysis. Control Unit Design. Ultimate RISC Machine. 7. Gate Level and ASIC Library Modeling. Accurate Gate Level Modeling. Error Checking. Multivalued Logic for Gate Level Modeling. Configuration Declarations for Gate Level Models. Modeling Races and Hazards. Approaches to Delay Control. 8. HDL-Based Design Techniques. Design of Combinational Logic Circuits. Design of Sequential Logic Circuits. Design of Microprogrammed Control Units. 9. ASICs and the ASIC Design Process. What is an ASIC? ASIC Circuit Technology. Types of ASICs. The ASIC Design Process. FPGA Synthesis. 10. Modeling for Synthesis. Behavioral Model Development. The Semantics of Simulation and Synthesis. Modeling Sequential Behavior. Modeling Combinational Circuits for Synthesis. Inferred Latches and Don't Cares. Tristate Circuits. Shared Resources. Flattening and Structuring. Effect of Modeling Style On Circuit Complexity. 11. Integration of VHDL into a Top-Down Design Methodology. Top-Down Design Methodology. Sobel Edge Detection Algorithm. System Requirements Level. System Definition Level. Architecture Design. Detailed Design at the RTL Level. Detailed Design at the Gate Level. 12. Synthesis Algorithms for Design Automation. Benefits of Algorithmic Synthesis. Algorithmic Synthesis Tasks. Scheduling Techniques. Allocation Techniques. State of the Art in High-Level Synthesis. Automated Synthesis of VHDL Constructs. Index. References. About the Authors. Index.