Enhancing a VHDL based design methodology with application specific data abstraction

Abstract

VHDL has successfully been introduced into the design methodology for VLSI ASICs. This paper describes a high-level data abstraction and supporting tool that enhances this methodology in the telecommunication application domain. A significant performance gain was obtained by introducing the data abstraction outside the VHDL simulator. The enhanced methodology has been used in current ASIC designs with good results.