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VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

Posted by timothy on from the which-has-the-better-swag dept.

FlyByPC writes "We're in the first stages of designing a course in programmable devices at the university where I work. The course will most likely be centered around various small projects implemented on an FPGA dev board, using a Xilinx Spartan3-series FPGA. I have a bit of experience working with technologies from 7400-series chips (designing using schematics) to 8-bit microcontrollers to C/C++. FPGAs, though, are new to me (although they look very interesting.) If you were an undergraduate student studying programmable devices (specifically, FPGAs), would you prefer the course be centered on VHDL, Verilog, a little of both, or something else entirely? (...Or is this an eternal, undecidable holy-war question along the lines of ATI/nVidia, AMD/Intel, Coke/Pepsi, etc...?) At this point, I've only seen a little of both languages, so I have no real preference. Any input, especially if you're using one or both in the field, would be very helpful. Thanks, and may all of your K-maps be glitch-free."

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  1. You forgot by OAB_X · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot a few:

    Linux vs. *BSD
    VI vs. EMACS
    Gnome vs KDE

    etc.

    1. Re:You forgot by XPeter · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ford vs. GM eh?

      No competition here, they'll both be going into bankruptcy soon.

      --
      "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
    2. Re:You forgot by tommituura · · Score: 3, Funny

      You forgot a few:

      [--]VI vs. EMACS [--]

      etc.

      No, he didn't forget that. You see, he wrote:

      (...Or is this an eternal, undecidable holy-war question along the lines of ATI/nVidia, AMD/Intel, Coke/Pepsi, etc...?)

      ... and it's quite clear that VI is the winner.

  2. VHDL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Very Hard Dumb Language