Chapter 1

Using Foundation Express with VHDL

Foundation Express translates and optimizes a VHDL description to an internal gate-level equivalent format. This format is then compiled for a given FPGA technology.

This chapter discusses concepts that you need to work with VHDL. These concepts are covered in the following sections.

• “Hardware Description Languages”
  
  
• “About VHDL”
  
  
• “Foundation Express Design Process”
  
  
• “Using Foundation Express to Compile a VHDL Design”
  
  
• “Design Methodology”