Re: [myhdl-list] Interesting

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

Thanks for the reference, very interesting.

It's interesting to see how Synopsys confirms that a higher
level coding style can also lead to a better QoR. Those who
"think hardware" all the time should take notice.

Even more interesting is how the author points out that
some of the Verilog languages choices are problematic, and
VHDL low level types have their problems too. Exactly
my point. I can't stress it enough: MyHDL's intbv simply
makes these problems go away!

Finally, the MyHDL converter generates Verilog and VHDL
code which is as far as I can see fully in line with
the recommended coding style in the paper. Therefore,
using MyHDL has a unique advantage: the highest possible
coding style, not available in Verilog and VHDL, and the
best QoR.

Spread the word!

Jan



Christopher Felton wrote:
> Synopsys released a white paper on "coding guidelines for datapath 
> synthesis <http://techonline.com/learning/techpaper/193102987>".  The 
> paper is about using signed attribute for VHDL and Verilog.  States that 
> the QoR is better when signed is used versus handling signed manually (I 
> quickly perused the article might be more assertions).  
> 
> This indirectly supports what Jan has already mentioned and discussed 
> here and in the "These Ints are made for Counting" 
> <http://www.jandecaluwe.com/hdldesign/counting.html> essay. 
> 
> Thought I would share with the MyHDL community.
> 
> .chris
> 
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