Verilog History
Introduced in 1984 by Gateway Design Automation
1989 Cadence purchased Gateway (Verilog-XL simulator)
1990 Cadence released Verilog to the public
Open Verilog International (OVI) was formed to control the language specifications.
1993 OVI released version 2.0
1993 IEEE accepted OVI Verilog as a standard, Verilog 1364