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Xilinx Foundation: Glossary 

ABEL  
Aldec 
EDIF 
HDL 
HDL Editor 
IEEE 
 
Logiblox  
Logic Simulator 
Metamor 
PDF File 
Schematic Editor 
State Editor 
 
VHDL 
VHSIC 
X-VHDL 
XNF 
XVHDL 
 

ABEL

Advanced Boolean Expression Language. Data I/O provides the ABEL compiler for Foundation.

AldecInternet Link

An EDA vendor. Aldec provides the Foundation Project Manager, Schematic Editor, Logic Simulator, and HDL Editor.

EDIF

Electronic Design Interchange Format.  An industry standard netlist format.

HDL

Hardware Description Language.

HDL Editor

Foundation's editor for ABEL and VHDL. The HDL Editor also provides a syntax checker, language templates, and access to the XABEL and XVHDL synthesis tools.

IEEEInternet Link (pronounced "I triple-E")

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Logiblox

Blocks of Logic Optimized for Xilinx for M1. A GUI-based tool where generic bus-width-independent symbols such as counters, adders, and data registers are used to implement architecture-optimized functions.

Logic Simulator

Foundation's gate-level simulator, provided by Aldec.

Metamor

An EDA vendor. Metamor provides the Foundation XVHDL compiler.

PDF file

Project Description File. The PDF file contains library and other project-specific information. Not to be confused with an Adobe Acrobat document with the same extension.

Project Manager

Foundation's main environment, provided by Aldec. The Project Manager guides the user through the design flow and manages source files.

Schematic Editor

Foundation's schematic editor, provided by Aldec.

State Editor

Foundation's finite state machine editor, provided by Aldec.

VHDL

VHSIC Hardware Description Language. An industry standard (IEEE 1076.1) HDL. Recognizable as a file with a .VHD extension.

VHSIC

Very High Speed Integrated Circuit.

X-VHDL

See XVHDL.

XNF

Xilinx Netlist Format.

XVHDL

Foundation's VHDL compiler, provided by Metamor.

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