The Exchange Format Handbook: A DEF, LEF, PDEF, SDF, SPEF & VCD Primer - Paperback

by J. Bhasker (Author)

Exchange formats demystified with clear and concise examples. Reading the book will give you the power to understand these formats faster. The book describes DEF, LEF, PDEF, SDF, SPEF and VCD. It describes what is in the standard, what its format looks like and clear explanations of its semantics.

Author Biography

Bhasker is an Architect at eSilicon Corporation. He was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. He has taught VHDL and Verilog HDL at Lucent Technologies for more than four years. He has written many other books on hardware description languages and synthesis including the best-selling books "A VHDL Primer" and "Verilog HDL Synthesis, A Practical Primer". Bhasker has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, M. Tech. in Computer Technology and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.