VHDL ¶

VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) is a hardware description language used to model and simulate digital circuits and systems.

Developed in the 1980s by the U.S. Department of Defense as part of the VHSIC (Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit) program, VHDL enables designers to describe the behavior and structure of electronic systems at multiple levels of abstraction.

It supports concurrent execution, making it well-suited for hardware design, verification, and synthesis into FPGA and ASIC implementations.

VHDL is strongly typed and allows for modular, reusable components, making it my favorite hardware description language.