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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Thomas, D.E. (Donald E.), 1951

The Verilog hardware description language / Donald E. Thomas, Philip R. Moorby. 5 ^th ed.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1-4020-7089-6

1. Verilog (Computer hardware description language)

1. Moorby. Philip R., 1953 . I. Title.

TK7885.7.T48 2002
621.39 ?5 dc21 2002066076

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Accellera (http://www.accellera.org), whose role it is to maintain and promote the Verilog standard, and the many CAD tool developers...