References and Bibliography

The authors recommend the following reference sources. Readers of the pdf version of this book will be able to link directly from each reference. Some of the links may require access to the Synopsys® SolvNet® Technical Support website.

FPGA and prototyping design information

“Advanced FPGA Design: Architecture, Implementation and Optimization”
Kilts, Stev. 2007
John Wiley & Sons. (hardcover) ISBN 978-0-470-05437-6

“CHIPit SCE-MI 2.0 Implementation Handbook, V1.9”
Synopsys. November 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/chipit/handbooks/chipit_scemi.pdf

“HDL Bridge and Signal Tracker, V3.3”
Synopsys. 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/chipit/handbooks/hdl_bridge.pdf

“PCIe and SATA AHB core with RIO datasheet”
Lewis, Torrey with Shehyrar Shaheen, Peter Gillen, Synopsys, October 2009
(available on request from Synopsys)

“Rapid System Prototyping with FPGAs: Accelerating the design process”
Cofer, RC with Benjamin F. Harding, 2006
Newnes. (softcover) ISBN 978-0-7506-7866-7

“Synchronizing Reset”
Synopsys Application Note number SH300100-01
(available on request from Synopsys)

“System ACE CompactFlash Solution”
Xilinx. October 2008
http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/data_sheets/ds080.pdf

Standards and other background information

“Low Power Methodology Manual”
Keating, Michael with David Flynn, Robert Aitken, Alan Gibbons and Kaijian Shi Springer. (Hardcover) ISBN: 978-0-387-71818-7

“Standard Co-Emulation Modeling Interface (SCE-MI) Reference Manual, V2.0
EDA Industry Working Groups – Accellera. January 2007
http://www.eda-stds.org/itc/scemi200.pdf

“SystemC: From the Ground Up”
Black, David C. with Jack Donovan.
Springer. (softcover) ISBN 978-0-387-29240-5

“Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog”
Bergeron, Janick with Eduard Cerny, Alan Hunter and Andrew Nightingale, 2006
Springer. (Hardcover) ISBN: 978-0-387-25538-5

“VMM Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) User Guide, V 2.1”
Synopsys. December 2009
http://vmmcentral.org/pdfs/vmm_hw_abstraction_guide.pdf

“VMM for System Verilog online directory”
VMMCentral. 2010
http://www.vmmcentral.org/resources.html

“Unlocking Android, second edition”
Ableson, W. Frank with Robi Sen
Manning. ISBN 978-1-935-18272-6

Xilinx FPGA device information

“Virtex-6 Family Overview”
Xilinx. January 2010
http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/data_sheets/ds150.pdf

1“Virtex-6 FPGA Clocking Resources User Guide UG362, V1.5”
Xilinx. August 2010
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug362.pdf

“Virtex-6 FPGA Memory Resources Users Guide UG363 V1.5”
Xilinx. August 2010
www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug363.pdf

“Virtex-6 User’s Guides, online directory”
Xilinx. undated
http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/virtex-6.htm#131591Xilinx

Synopsys prototyping platforms information

“CHIPit Platinum Edition Handbook, V4.6”
Synopsys. 2009
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/chipit/handbooks/platinum.pdf

“CHIPit Iridium Edition Handbook, V2.6”
Synopsys. 2009
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/chipit/handbooks/iridium.pdf

“HAPS-60 Series of High-performance FPGA-Based Prototyping Systems”
Synopsys. 2010
www.synopsys.com/Systems/FPGABasedPrototyping/Pages/HAPS-60-series.aspx

“UMRBus Communication System Handbook, V3.5”
Synopsys. December 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/chipit/handbooks/umrbus.pdf

FPGA and prototyping tools information

“Certify Partition Driven Synthesis User Guide”
Synopsys. December 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/certify/user_guide.pdf

“CHIPit Manager Pro Handbook, V3.5”
Synopsys. June 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/chipit/handbooks/chipitpro.pdf

“Identify User Guide”
Synopsys. September 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/identify/user_guide.pdf

Synopsys FPGA Synthesis User guide”
Synopsys. December 2010
solvnet.synopsys.com/dow_retrieve/E-2010.12/synplify/user_guide.pdf

“Xilinx Implementation Flow Overview”
Xilinx. 2010
http://www.xilinx.com/itp/xilinx8/help/iseguide/html/ise_fpga_design_flow_overv iew.htm

“Xilinx ISE Manuals online directory”
Xilinx. 2010
http://toolbox.xilinx.com/docsan/xilinx7/books/manuals.pdf

Other tools information

“DesignWare Developers Guide”
Synopsys. December 2010
https://www.synopsys.com/dw/doc.php/doc/dwf/manuals/dw_developers_guide.pdf

“DesignWare Reference Online”
Synopsys. 2010
http://www.synopsys.com/dw/dwlibdocs.php

“DesignWare System-Level Library online documentation”
Synopsys. 2010
www.synopsys.com/Systems/SLModels/Pages/default.aspx

“Practical Perforce”
Wingerd, Laura. November 2005.
O’Reilly Media. (softcover) ISBN 978-0-596-10185-5

Board design information

“Electromagnetism: Theory and Applications, 2nd Edition”
Lorrain, Paul and Dale R. Corson. April 1990
W.H. Freeman.

“High-speed Signal Propagation Advanced Black Magic”
Johnson, Howard and Martin Graham, March 2003
Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-084408-X

“RF Circuit Design, Theory and Applications”
Ludwig, Reinhold and Pavel Bretchko, January 2000
Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-311-47137-5

“Right the First Time: A Practical Handbook on High Speed PCB and System
Design”

Ritchey, Lee W. with John Zasio and Kella J. Knack. June 2003
Speeding Edge. ISBN 978-0-974-19360-1