Review of "A survey of computer hardware description languages in U.S.A. by Stephen Y. H. Su", to be published in COMPUTER, December 1974.
Stephen Y. H. Su · ACM SIGDA Newsletter · 1974
One important goal in digital engineering is to find a language which is descriptive, efficient for simulation and automatic hardware implementation purposes.In this paper, the different levels of CHDL (computer hardware description languages) are introduced. Existing CHDL are surveyed and the features of these languages are pointed out. A table lists the names of CHDL, the authors, and the references. It also points out what language each CHDL is adapted from and reports the status of the implementation of these languages. Suggestions for overcoming the difficulties of using CHDL for computer-aided system/logic design are given.