The Florida Hardware Design Language

The Florida Hardware Design Language (FHDL), an expandable language that provides a uniform method for specifying all portions of an integrated circuit's design, is discussed. FHDL was designed to support the development and testing of wafer-scale integrated circuits, especially at the functional level, but can be used to design other integrated circuits at many levels. FHDL is not just a design language, but a framework for developing a wide range of computer-aided design tools. The syntactic structure, extensibility, and automatic layout are discussed.<
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