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Is VHDL worth learning?

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Is VHDL worth learning?

Yes it is worth it if you are creating FPGA and/or ASIC designs. VHDL is going to be with us for the long term. It covers simulation, synthesis and verification without the need for a separate verification language. As such it is more economical to buy fully capable VHDL tools.

How do I learn HDL Verilog?

Best References Verilog HDL :

  1. Verilog by Samir Palnitkar. You can follow this book as a beginner.
  2. Digital Design references. Have a look at it and check what you can write.
  3. A cited reference Cliff Cummings’ Award-Winning Verilog & SystemVerilog Papers. Consider this reference as Verilog scripture.

Do people still use Verilog?

Though both Verilog and VHDL are still widely used across the industry.

What do you think about FPGA programming?

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This is absolutely amazing, and good FPGA programmers give thanks every day for living in the rare time in history (post 1990+) when you can design architectures with words and then synthesize your logic into (mostly silicon) gates that execute your logic. Not to get carried away, but it’s absolutely wonderful.

How are microprocessor compilers used in FPGA?

Thus microprocessor compilers either produce assembly-language programs that are then assembled into bit patterns or directly produce the bits to drive the gates and fill the registers and the memories. The analogous operation in FPGA programming is the compilation of Verilog into register transfer logic (RTL) netlists.

Can I use Verilog syntax in FPGA programming?

Because you understand editing, compiling, assembling, linking, and loading in microprocessor programming, you can relate this to editing, compiling, synthesizing, placing, routing, and loading in FPGA programming. Not only is Verilog syntax C-like, but, since it’s 100\% ASCII, you can use any editor to prepare fpga.v files. Nothing new here.

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What is the FPGA place and Route process?

The FPGA place and route process fits, in two dimensions, the bit patterns (logic subsystems) over a two dimensional array of available logic gates, and routes buses between these logic subsystems as necessary. The similarity in the processes is obvious.