Hackaday

FPGA Used VHDL For Fractals

Over on GitHub, [ttsiodras] wanted to learn VHDL. So he started with an algorithm to do Mandelbrot sets and moved it to an FPGA. Because of the speed, he was able to accomplish real-time zooming. You ...
EDN

VHDL 101 – Hierarchy in VHDL Code

All designs need structure to make them easy to develop and maintain. We all use abstraction in our designs regardless of if it being electronics, software, or mechanical. In this article we will look ...
Hackaday

Simulating VHDL Of An AVR8 Soft Processor

Okay, now we’re beginning to feel a bit like [Alice]. This tutorial shows you how to simulate VHDL code. This code is intended to run on an FPGA and includes a software-only version of the AVR 8-bit ...
EDN

VHDL 101 – IF, CASE, and WHEN in a Process

Last time, in the third installment of VHDL we discussed logic gates and Adders. Let’s move on to some basic VHDL structure. All HDL languages bridge what for many feels like a strange brew of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Customizing A LLM Model For VHDL Design of High-Performance MPUs (IBM)

A new technical paper titled “Customizing a Large Language Model for VHDL Design of High-Performance Microprocessors” was published by researchers at IBM. “The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in ...
TechRepublic

Design and Simulation of 8255 Programmable Peripheral Interface Adapter Using VHDL

The 8255A Programmable Peripheral Interface (PPI) implements a general-purpose I/O interface to connect peripheral equipment to a microcomputer system bus. The core’s functional configuration is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Customizing An LLM Tailored Specifically For VHDL Code And Design Of High Performance Processors (IBM)

A new technical paper titled “Customizing a Large Language Model for VHDL Design of High-Performance Microprocessors” was published by researchers at IBM. “The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in ...
Electronic Design

VHDL Code Offloads LED Blinking Task To A CPLD

An earlier Idea For Design (Hardware-Based LED Blinking Control Eliminates Software Overhead) described a very interesting way to offload the software overhead required for a microcontroller to drive ...
Design-Reuse

Optimization Methodologies for Cycle-Accurate SystemC Models Converted from RTL VHDL

IP design-houses are hard-pressed by their customers to provide SystemC models of their portfolio IPs, despite already existing VHDL views. VHDL IPs can be translated to SystemC, ensuring correctness, ...
Design-Reuse

Open-source Framework and Practical Considerations for Translating RTL VHDL to SystemC

SystemC has gained wide acceptance in the design of new digital IPs. However, there are numerous IPs already designed in VHDL. With the advances in SystemC ecosystem, like IEEE standardization, TLM-2 ...