VHDL Extensions - Vista Technologies

• 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

• 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)

• Intermetrics RASSP Technology Contract