Architecture
Key aspects of the Architecture
- Analogy : schematic
- Describes the Functionality and Timing of a model
- Must be associated with an ENTITY
- ENTITY can have multiple architectures
- Architecture statements execute concurrently (Processes)
- Architecture Styles
- Behavioral : How designs operate
- RTL : Designs are described in terms of Registers
- Functional : No timing
- Structural : Netlist
- Hybrid : Mixture of the above