VHDL & Programmable Logic Links

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Xilinx	The Xilinx website
Xilinx Floorplanning	Tutorial about floorplanning Xilinx devices by Philip Friedin
Xilinx RPM from VHDL	Generating Xilinx RPMs from a VHDL description (Evan Shattock)
Xilinx under Linux	Running Xilinx tools under Linux (Polybus Systems Corp)
Xilinx evaluation boards	Xess Corporation
Run Foundation from a makefile	Xess Corporation application note - use Foundation without the GUI

Micron	Models of memory products produced by Micron Semiconductor
Alatek	Free simulation models of a wide range of microcontrollers and peripheral devices.
Siemens FIFO	FIFO model
Free IP	Free synthesisable models - 6502, DES encrypt/decrypt engine, RAM
PCI models	Model of PCI target, including testbenches
Joon Lee's CMOSexod Page	Models of micros, etc for Lattice & Altera - not all in VHDL.
Tom Coonan's Page	VHDL & Verilog models of PIC microcontroller
Intel Strataflash Memories	Bus functional models in zipped format
ESA HurriCANe CAN controller	ESA CANbus controller core - currently at prototype stage
ESA rad-hard SPARC processor	ESA SPARC7 model - 3 chip set & VME interface
VME Interface for ESA SPARC processor	ESA SPARC7 model - 3 chip set & VME interface
ESA SPARC processor at Temic Semiconductor	Temic Semiconductor's version of the ESA SPARC7 processor
ESA LEON-1 SPARC processor	ESA SPARC compatible integer unit
Orcad	Models & VHDL information
Doulos	Models & VHDL information
Univ of Strasbourg VHDL models & packages
RASSP VHDL Models
Mississippi State MPL and Barrel shifter and DLX processor	FIFOs, PLDs, RAMs & Barrel Shifter & DLX processor
Free Model Foundry	Intel & Amd flash, IDT FIFOs, many others in VITAL format
Cryptograph breaker
Cast	Club members receive free VHDL models
8051 cpu	8051 model
8051 cpu	Univ of California
SIM8051	8051 simulation model
Arithmetic models	Multipliers in various topologies
GMD Fokus	Error Correction models, C Source code
VHDL OnLine	Arithmetic, counter & FIFO models

Univ of Vermont - ASIC Design With VHDL	Recommended
NorthEastern University - VHDL course	Recommended
Penn State VHDL tutorial
Steve Schulz's Vital Tutorial
Doulos - Engineers Guide to VHDL
Accolade - An Introduction to VHDL
Green Mountain VHDL Tutorial
VHDL synthesis tutorial - Bob Reese
VHDL online
Stefan Doll's VHDL verification course	Recommended
Assoc. Professional Systems - Synthesis lab

Links to VLSI WWW Servers	University of Idaho links to VLSI information
Links to FPGA WWW Servers	University of Idaho links to FPGA information
OptiMagic	Index of free & cheap software, fpga & asic news, links to manufacturers
Memec Design Services	Part of the Memec Group, Xilinx AllianceCore partner & Xpert solutions provider
Andraka Consulting Group	Go to the Publications section for design tips, FPGA design papers, etc

Xilinx Foundation	Low cost, powerful design system. Fully integrated text editor, schematic editor & state machine graphical entry. Synthesis with Synopsys FPGA Express. Place & Route for Xilinx CPLDs & FPGAs. Contact Memec Italia.
Xilinx Alliance	Place & Route for Xilinx CPLDs & FPGAs for use with 3rd party synthesis tools. Contact Memec Italia.
Xilinx ModelSim Edition	Free (500 lines code max) or low-cost version of ModelSim for Xilinx devices. Contact Memec Italia.
Model Technology	ModelSim , the world's most popular VHDL simulator, evaluations available.
Prism	Powerful low-cost VHDL text editor for Windows. Has features that are usually only seen on $600 software packages. Includes a powerful macro language for customizing.
Mentor Graphics	Leonardo Spectrum synthesis, Galileo, Renoir graphical entry
Cadence	General CAD products, synthesis & simulation
Synopsys	FPGA Express & other synthesis, verification tools evaluations available
Synplicity	Synplify synthesis tool, 20 day evaluation available
Aldec	HDL design tools as used by Xilinx, 20 day evaluation available
StateCad	Visual Systems' state diagram to VHDL translator. 30 day evaluation available
Veribest	Now a Mentor Graphics company. FPGA Desktop series & general CAD products. Includes a VHDL simulator, graphical entry tools, etc
Viewlogic	General CAD products, synthesis & simulation

Doulos
The VHDL Resource Page
ESA Microelectronics - VHDL & VITAL
RASSP
Univ of Strasbourg - VHDL Database
Univ of Hamburg VHDL Archive
VHDL International Home Page
VHDL Times
VIUF - VHDLSynth(1076.3) Working Group
VIUF - VHDL FAQ	Maintained by Edwin Naroska
VIUF - comp.lang.vhdl archive	Archives of VHDL newsgroup
VIUF - VHDL International Users Forum
VHDL Special Interest Group
VHDL Advanced Solutions Group (VASG)

Integrated System Design
EDN
Electronics Design, Technology & News
Electronic Design

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