New version of VHDL underway
-- Test & Measurement World, 2/21/2008 9:49:00 AM
Accellera has announced that its members and Board of Directors have approved the VHDL 4.0 standard specification, which refines VHDL 3.0 based on feedback from trial implementations. The organization plans to release the latest version of VHDL (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit [VHSIC] Hardware Description Language) to the IEEE for balloting in 2008.
Accellera reports that VHDL 4.0 addresses more than 90 issues that were discovered during the trial implementation period for version 3.0 of VHDL (which was approved in October 2006), including enhancements to generic types, Intellectual Property (IP) protection, property specification language (PSL) integration, VHPI (VHDL application programming interface) integration, and the introduction of fixed- and floating-point types.
Jim Lewis, chair of the VHDL Analysis and Standards Group (VASG) at the IEEE, commented, "The VASG has plans in place to bring Accellera’s VHDL 4.0 to IEEE for balloting as IEEE 1076-2008. We are pleased that these VHDL language extensions and productivity enhancements are being standardized for industry adoption with Accellera’s support."
