This standard defines the syntax and semantics of the Verification and Hardware Description Language (VHDL). Previous versions of this standard abbreviate VHDL as VHSIC Hardware Description Language with VHSIC standing for Very High Speed Integrated Circuits. In this standard, replacing the meaning of 'V' in VHDL to Verification reflects the language's increasing usage for verification as well as design.
- Standard Committee
- C/DA - Design Automation
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2021-12-08
- Superseding
- 1076-2019
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Computer Society
- Standard Committee
- C/DA - Design Automation
- Working Group
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P1076 - VHDL Analysis and Standardization Group
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- Vanessa Lalitte
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- Jim Lewis
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1076-2019
IEEE Standard for VHDL Language Reference Manual
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) is defined. VHDL is a formal notation intended for use in all phases of the creation of electronic systems. Because it is both machine readable and human readable, it supports the development, verification, synthesis, and testing of hardware designs; the communication of hardware design data; and the maintenance, modification, and procurement of hardware. Its primary audiences are the implementors of tools supporting the language and the advanced users of the language.
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1076-2008
IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual
VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) is defined. VHDL is a formal notation intended for use in all phases of the creation of electronic systems. Because it is both machine readable and human readable, it supports the development, verification, synthesis, and testing of hardware designs; the communication of hardware design data; and the maintenance, modification, and procurement of hardware. Its primary audiences are the implementors of tools supporting the language and the advanced users of the language. (Additional downloads are available for this standard at https://standards.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-standards/standards/web/download/1076-2008_downloads.zip)
1076c-2007
IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual - Procedural Language Application Interface
This amendment adds a simulation runtime application interface (VHDL Programming Interface or VHPI) to the existing base standard IEEE Std 1076-2002
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