FPGA Synthesis with Synplify Pro® software - Available in Hard Copy Only
This course material introduces the new user to the Synplify Pro FPGA Synthesis product. The course will familiarize the student with the FPGA design flow utilizing features of the Synplify Pro product, enabling the student to actively create designs using the Synplifiy Pro product

Topics Include:

• Project Management
• Synthesis Concepts
• The Interactive Text Editor with Error Cross-probing
• SCOPE® Graphical Constraints Entry
• The finite State Machine Tools
• Mapping to FPGA Technologies
• Debugging with the HDL Analyst® option

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Advanced FPGA Synthesis with Synplify Pro® software - Available in Hard Copy Only
This course material expands on concepts introduced in the "FPGA Synthesis with Synplify Pro" training class. The focus will be on complex design techniques and high-performance design.

Topics Include:

• HDL Coding Techniques for Performance
• Complex Clocking
• Technology-Independent Attributes
• Technology-Specific Attributes
• Architecture-Specific Tips and Tricks for:
  - Altera
  - Xilinx
• Support for IP Cores

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Essential VHDL RTL Synthesis Done Right by Sundar Rajan Price: $49.95 315 Pages Published by S & G Publishing Date Published: 01/1999 Softcover

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Summary by Sundar Rajan
This book provides a simple, hands-on approach to writing VHDL for RTL synthesis. It follows a systematic, "how-to" style and instructs readers on practical VHDL design. Although targeted primarily at programmable logic designers, the techniques presented in this book make it equally useful for those interested in real-world HDL design. This book addresses two fundamental issues:

• The primary purpose of a VHDL synthesis tool is to create hardware that matches the results of simulation.
• VHDL's rich descriptive capability provides many ways to describe hardware, with varying results when synthesized.

You will learn to write correct VHDL in a style that will positively impact both the design process and the quality of the end result.

Component Design By Example by Ben Cohen Price: $60 282 pages Published by VHDL Cohen Publishing Date Published: 2001 Hardcover Summary in PDF Format

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Summary by Rahul Razdan, Cadence Design Systems
This book is one of the best investments that a logic designer can make. We are certain that it will be of enormous value to all those involved in HDL-based chip design for years to come… One of the things that makes this book particularly important is that it doesn't focus on just Verilog or VHDL, but rather on actual design and simulation using examples from both languages… Concentrates on common classes of hardware architectures and design problems, and focuses on the process of transitioning design requirements into synthesizable HDL code… Numerous examples of real-life designs illustrated with VHDL and Verilog … Code is shown in a way that makes it easy for the reader to gain a greater understanding of the languages and how they compare...Ben also covers a critical aspect for any real-life testbench creation: the use of transaction-based verification techniques.