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Computer Architecture. Verilog HDL. The Verilog Language. Originally developed by Gateway Design Automation as a propriety language for logic simulation in 1984 Later put into use as a specification language for logic synthesis
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Computer Architecture Verilog HDL
The Verilog Language • Originally developed by Gateway Design Automation as a propriety language for logic simulation in 1984 • Later put into use as a specification language for logic synthesis • Now, one of the two most commonly used languages in digital hardware design (VHDL is the other) • Virtually every chip (FPGA, ASIC, etc.) is designed in part using one of these two languages • Supports both structural and behavioral modeling styles
Behavioral Modeling with Continuous Assignments input/output specification
Bitwise Operators comments
Internal Signals internal signal
Tristates high impedance
Behavioral Modeling with Always Blocks sensitivity list
Combinational Logic dependent on all inputs
Nonblocking & Blocking Assignments incorrect!
Pitfalls • Incorrect Stimulus List
Pitfalls • Missing begin/end Block
Pitfalls • Undefined Outputs
Pitfalls • Incomplete Specification of Cases
Pitfalls • Shorted Outputs