VHDL (Computer Engineering Series)

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Summary: Worst RTL example I have ever seen
Review: After considerable reading through other source material - Perry walks you through VHDL like a master of the subject. I have seen him in person at seminars as well and undisputably he knows what he is writing about. A top Recommendation from me.

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Summary: All u wanted to know about VHDL but didn't know whom to ask!
Review: Personally I found this the best book available on VHDL in the market today. Buy this book if you are new to VHDL. The book doesn't assume too much from the reader and works it's way to the core gradually. The companion CD makes a great add-on with the Modelsim VHDL simulator thrown in. The CD also includes VHDL code for the problems in the text.

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Summary: covers design methodology, complements "pure language" books
Review: The book is quite succinct and does not get to abstract in it's introduction of VHDL. Plenty of examples are used to clarify the importance of VHDL constructs.

The author has a heavy synthesis background (worked for Exemplar, a synthesis tool maker that was bought by Mentor Graphics). This is the only book I've found that goes over design methodology and CAD tool flow. VITAL models are exlained quite well.

"The Designer's Guide to VHDL" is a better language book (ie, reference), but I think "VHDL" is more useful to designers, especially those writing code at the register transfer level. I wish I had this book when I started writing VHDL. I would have avoided a lot of costly mistakes and I would have had a better idea of the overall flow of HDL designs at an earlier stage of my career.

One warning: poor coding style is used thoughout the book! Read "Writing Testbenches" to learn how to create maintainable HDL code (put each port and signal on a seperate line, only use INOUT for bidirectional lines, use white space to make the code more readable, etc...)

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Summary: good for starters and for professionals as well
Review: This book is excellent for a starter.It realy explains what vhdl is all about including some part of synthesis. I seriously recommand this book for all starters. Also it is a good reference material for a professional I am using it in my current job.