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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965039137 ISBN 13: 9780965039130

Publisher: Star Galaxy Publishing, 2005

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.

From the Back Cover:

This book describes:

· Design Exchange Format (DEF) · Library Exchange Format (LEF) · Physical Design Exchange Format (PDEF) · Standard Delay Format (SDF) · Standard Parasitics Exchange Format (SPEF) · Value Change Dump Format (VCD)

For each of the following, find the following:

· What is this standard? · What does the format look like? · How is this used? · How can I understand the format?

About the Author:

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.