Xilinx Foundation: Glossary

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Aldec HDL HDL Editor IEEE Logic Simulator

Metamor PDF File Schematic Editor VHDL VHSIC

X-VHDL X-VHDL XNF XVHDL

Aldec

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

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.

IEEE (pronounced "I triple-E")

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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.

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-BLOX

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

X-VHDL

See XVHDL.

XNF

Xilinx Netlist Format.

XVHDL

Foundation's VHDL compiler, provided by Metamor.