Xilinx Foundation: Glossary 

ABEL 
Aldec
EDIF
FPGA Express
HDL
HDL Editor
IEEE
Logiblox 
Logic Simulator
PDF File
 
Schematic Editor
State Editor
VHDL
VHSIC
XNF

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, HDL Editor, and State Editor .

EDIF

Electronic Design Interchange Format.  An industry standard netlist format.

FPGA Express

Synopsys VHDL and Verilog compiler included with Foundation F2.1i.

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 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.

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.

XNF

Xilinx Netlist Format.