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Popularity of Verilog HDL

- Easy to learn, Easy to use
- - Allows different levels of abstraction to be
mixed
- Most popular logic synthesis tools support
Verilog HDL
- -All fabrication vendors provide Verilog HDL
libraries
- - Can be customized to designers needs

Levels of design description

Gate
Level
Circuit
Level

Data
Level

Behavioral
Level

Concurrency
In an electronic circuit all the units are to be

active and functioning concurrently.

Verilog simulators are built to simulate

concurrency.
Concurrency is achieved be proceeding with
simulation in equal time steps.

Constructs for Modeling Timing Delays

Gate delay
Net delay
Path delay
Pin to Pin delay

Modules & their Ports

- input
- output
- inout