VHDL Extensions - Vista Technologies


TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES
  • Develop conventions for abstract VHDL model development
  • Bring Object-Oriented technology to VHDL
    • Explore OO-techniques and constructs useful to VHDL
    • Propose OO-enhancements to VHDL
    • Present to IEEE Standards Committee on VHDL
    • Develop OO-VHDL tools
    • Demonstrate VHDL advantages

BENEFITS

  • Raise useful abstraction level of VHDL
  • Eases model reuse
  • Simplifies model development

RESULTS/STATUS
  • Delivered Items
    • VHDL Abstract Behavioral Model Conventions
    • OO-VHDL Modeling Experiments - Test Cases
    • OO-VHDL Preprocessor Tool V.1.0 and Language Reference Manual
    • OO-VHDL Tool Requirements Design Document
    • OO-VHDL Training
    • OO-VHDL Tools now available from Lockheed Martin ATL (free)
RELATED EFFORTS
  • Intermetrics RASSP Technology Contract

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Point of Contact: Carl Hein, (609) 338-3924
or e-mail chein@atl.lmco.com

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