Rating: 
Summary: Content unorganized, Not Suitable for beginners, Expensive!
Review: Before buying this book, make sure you don't buy this book because it has a Synthesis and Simulation tool with the CDROM.2 important notes: - Veriwell simulation tool can work not "very well". - Synplicity will no longer give out free trial liciencse for its synthesis tool. The book is not well written and not suitable for a beginner to read. But it does have some good examples in the book. However, I don't think it is worth to pay $98 for such book.
Rating: 
Summary: Technical concise readable precise, almost complete
Review: I thought this book was great. It covers the verilog language in a way that makes it clear exactly how the simulator works, so you can predict the results of your program with confidence. This book is also very clear as to what hardware will be generated by what constructs. The very important difference between latches and flip-flops is fully covered here, as is a full description of which constructs will generate (probably unwanted) latches. This was my third Verilog book, and this was the only one that left me feeling confident as to the extent of my knowledge. This is the only one you need.
The only shortcoming of this book is that the authors decided not to cover every llittle bit of verilog, which would have removed the need to consult the standard. Since the standard is so unreadable, I think that this was a crying shame, but I don't think that this will pose a real problem for most readers. Besides, I haven't seen a credible alternative.
Rating:
Summary: Do not buy it
Review: I will give it zero star if it is possible. Very bad organized and very expensive. The "Verilog HDL" from SAMIR PLANITKAR is a very good book especially for beginners.
Rating:
Summary: Best book for Verilog, esp. for beginners
Review: If you want to learn Verilog, it could be a terrible mistake not to read this book first!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Verilog HDL introduction/reference
Review: It's somewhat rare to find an engineering text that manages to
be both readable and informative. The Verilog Hardware
Description Language, by Donald E. Thomas and Philip R. Moorby,
fulfills both of these aspects.
The book is divided into four sections, any of which would be an
excellent reference alone.
The first section is a tutorial introduction comprised of one
chapter. This concise introduction conveys the basics of the
language and explains digital hardware modelling.
More advanced topics, essential for any ASIC designer or graduate
student are covered in the next section. Some of the topics are
behavioral modeling, concurrent processes and switch level
modeling. Despite the more complex nature of the chapters in this
section the text still maintains the high level of readability
in the introductory section.
The final two sections are three large examples and a reference
to the Verilog hardware description language.
I would recommend this book to any graduate student interested in
learning Verilog or VHDL users interested in becoming skilled in
Verilog.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Verilog HDL introduction/reference
Review: It's somewhat rare to find an engineering text that manages tobe both readable and informative. The Verilog HardwareDescription Language, by Donald E. Thomas and Philip R. Moorby, fulfills both of these aspects. The book is divided into four sections, any of which would be an excellent reference alone. The first section is a tutorial introduction comprised of one chapter. This concise introduction conveys the basics of the language and explains digital hardware modelling. More advanced topics, essential for any ASIC designer or graduate student are covered in the next section. Some of the topics are behavioral modeling, concurrent processes and switch level modeling. Despite the more complex nature of the chapters in this section the text still maintains the high level of readability in the introductory section. The final two sections are three large examples and a reference to the Verilog hardware description language. I would recommend this book to any graduate student interested in learning Verilog or VHDL users interested in becoming skilled in Verilog.
Rating:
Summary: Read This First Before Coding in Verilog
Review: The claim that this book has become the standard for learning Verilog is true.
I use Verilog a lot but I still wish I had read this book before writing Verilog codes.
Rating: 
Summary: Could be great book, but shows too many deficiencies
Review: This book should be used only by the experienced users that can filter out problematic sections.
Major problems:
- first chapter, "recommended" by authors for university courses, is extremely chaotic (begin..end blocks are called loops, exercises ask you to use loops before introducing them, etc.)
- cover of the latest edition claims coverage of the latest Verilog standard - unfortunately it is very poor coverage: new interesting features such as libraries and configurations are not mentioned at all!
- I had to work hard during many trainings to correct bad coding styles showing in students reading this book as their first Verilog publication
- the book is grossly overpriced... Main advantage:
- good set of examples
Rating:
Summary: Could be great book, but shows too many deficiencies
Review: This book should be used only by the experienced users that can filter out problematic sections.
Major problems:
- first chapter, "recommended" by authors for university courses, is extremely chaotic (begin..end blocks are called loops, exercises ask you to use loops before introducing them, etc.)
- cover of the latest edition claims coverage of the latest Verilog standard - unfortunately it is very poor coverage: new interesting features such as libraries and configurations are not mentioned at all!
- I had to work hard during many trainings to correct bad coding styles showing in students reading this book as their first Verilog publication
- the book is grossly overpriced... Main advantage:
- good set of examples
Rating: 
Summary: The best book for learning Verilog
Review: This book takes the beginning verilog student through a quick tutorial with exercises for practice as you learn. The book is well written for learning the subjects it presents. The only reason it does not get five stars is because it is not a good reference. The information is in there, however, the index is incomplete and the information is scattered throughout the book. Finding information takes some manual searching. Otherwise, it is one of the best books for learning verilog. I used the included software instead of the Xilinx Foundation Series software for Students. The included software supports the complete verilog set, not just the sythesizable subset. If you are experienced, looking for a good reference , will spend nearly $150 for a book, and do not need a verilog simulator, I recommend the Complete Verilog Book. See my review of that book for more information.
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