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The following is a list of materials which may help you learn more about VHDL. This list was abstracted from the usenet FAQ organized by Thomas Dettmer (dettmer@ls1.informatik.uni-dortmund.de).

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Documents of the IEEE

  1. "1076-1987 Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual"
    IEEE Standards, The IEEE computer society press 1991 catalog: catalog number: 983; Standard No. 1076-1987; Order Code SH11957;

  2. "IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual,"
    IEEE Std 1076-1993, IEEE Standards, Order Code SH 16840, ISBN 1-55937-376-8, 1994

  3. The Sense of VASG
    Standard No. 1076-CONC-1990; Order Code SH13326;

  4. "This publication is the companion document to IEEE Std 1076-1987. It clarifies ambiguities and editorial errors in IEEE Std 1076-1987 and contains accepted requests for new language features".
    "IEEE Standards Interpretations: IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual," IEEE Std 1076/INT-1991, Order Code SH148941991

  5. "IEEE Standard Multivalue Logic System for VHDL Model Interoperability (std_logic_1164),"
    IEEE Std 1164-1993, ...1993

Books on VHDL

  1. VHDL
    Doug Perry, 390 pages, ?? illustrations, 2nd edition ISBN0-07-049434-7 MacGraw-Hill, Inc., ATTN: Charles Decker, Professional Publishing Group 11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011, available

  2. The VHDL Handbook
    David Coelho (Vantage Analysis Systems), ISBN 0-7923-90310-8 Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989 examples and std package on (PC) disc for $100 hanoling cost from: Coelho Publications, 43000 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538 voice: (415) 770-0875, fax: (415) 770-0728, email: ...!uunet!coelho!drc

  3. The VHDL Cookbook
    Peter J. Ashenden, University of Adelaide, South Australia, per ftp from ftp.cs.adelaide.edu.au (129.127.8.8) pub/VHDL-Cookbook (Mac,PC,PS)

  4. Chip Level Modelling in VHDL
    J. Armstrong Prentice Hall, 1988, pp. 148, 119,- german marks

  5. An Introduction to VHDL: Hardware Description and Design
    Lipsett, Schaeffer, Ussery Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989, 320 pp, $59.95, ISBN 0-7923-9030-x

  6. Applications of VHDL to Circuit Design
    edited by Randolph Harr and Alec Stanculescu Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991, 256 pp, $75.00, ISBN 0-7923-9153-5 101 Philip Drive, Norwell,MA 02061

  7. ASIC System Design with VHDL: A Paradigm
    , S. Leung, M.A. Shanblatt, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989, 240 pp, $56.50, ISBN 0-7923-9032-6

  8. Introduction to HDL-Based Design Using VHDL
    Steve Carlson, Synopsys, Inc., $49.95, 700 East Midolefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 (415)962-5000

  9. Hardware Design and Simulation in VAL/VHDL
    Larry M. Augustin, David C. Luckham, Benoit A. Gennart, Yo Huh and Alec G. Stanculescu Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991, 352 pp, $69.95, ISBN 0-7923-9087-3

  10. Performance and Fault Modeling with VHDL
    edited by Joel M. Schoen Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-658816-6 $44.00 406 pages clothbound

  11. A VHDL Primer
    J. Bhasker, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-952987-X; revised edition (includes features from VHDL-93) ISBN 0-13-181447-8 phone 1-515-284-6751

  12. VHDL Designer's Reference
    Jean Michel Berge, Alain Fonkua, Serge Maginot, Jacques Roulliard, Kluwer academic publishers, ISBN 0-7923-1756-4

  13. A Guide to VHDL
    Stanley Mazor, Patricia Langstraat, Kluwer academic publishers, ISBN 0-7923-9255-8

  14. VHDL for Simulation, Synthesis and Formal Proofs of Hardware
    Jean Mermet, Kluwer academic publishers, ISBN 0-7923-9253-1

  15. VHDL: Analysis and Modelling of Digital Systems
    1/E, Zainalabedin Navabi, ISBN 0-07-046472-3, Mc Graw Hill, US$38.50

  16. VHDL Programming with Advanced Topics
    Louis Baker, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993

  17. Structured Logic Design With VHDL
    J.R. Armstrong and F. Gail Gray, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA, ISBN 0-13-855206-1, May of 1993

  18. Digital System Design using VHDL
    Chin-Hwa Lee, CorralTek P.O. 2616, Salinas, CA 93902 (408) 484-1726, Price $29 (answer book $10)

  19. Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL
    A. Dewey, Abrison-Wesley, 1992

  20. Circuit Synthesis with VHDL
    R Airiau, JM Berge, V Olive, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, ISBN 0-7923-9429-1

  21. VHDL '92; The New Features of the VHDL Hardware Description Language
    Berge, Fonkoua, Maginot and Rouillard, Kluwer Academic Publishers ISBN:0-7923-9356-2, Price: $87.50 Dfl180.00; table of contents, preface and chapter 1 can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from ftp.std.com. The file is Kluwer/books/vhdl92

  22. The Designer's Guide to VHDL
    Peter Ashenden, approx 500 pages, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, ISBN 1-55860-270-4, US & Canada

  23. A VHDL Primer, Revised Edition
    J. Bhasker, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-181447-8 (this edition is based on VHDL-93)

  24. A Designer's Guide to VHDL Synthesis
    Ott, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 0-7923-9472-0

  25. A Guide to VHDL Syntax
    J. Bhasker, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-324351-6, $45.00. Number of pages: 268

  26. Formal Semantics for VHDL
    Carlos Delgado Kloos, Peter T. Breuer (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, more info on: http://www.dit.upm.es/~cdk/inv/euroform/sem-vhdl.html

  27. VHDL Techniques, Experiments, and Caveats
    J. Pick, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-049906-3, $55.

  28. VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies,... an In-depth Tutorial
    Ben Cohen, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 0-7923-9598-0, to be released in July 95