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Laura Consoli Aldec, Inc. (702) 990-4400 ext. 214 laurac@aldec.com
Aldec Active-HDL Student Edition distributed by Walmart and Barnes & Noble
Henderson, Nevada – February 20, 2006 -- Aldec, Inc., a pioneer in mixed-language simulation and advanced design tools for ASIC and FPGA devices, today announced that Active-HDL Student Edition is available now in the Walmart online store and Barnes & Noble book stores. Aldec, together with Prentice Hall are bringing VHDL and Verilog design entry and verification to the educational masses utilizing traditional supply chains to increase the overall awareness of EDA's importance in development of electronics.
The Aldec University Program and publisher Prentice Hall are embracing the online economy to provide inexpensive educational resources to the newly emerging digital logic circuit design methodologies, specifically the use of Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for simulation of these designs. Prentice Hall and Aldec are providing new opportunities for engineers of all backgrounds and abilities to more quickly and inexpensively master the use of Hardware Description Languages and IP Cores to design logic circuits inside Programmable Logic and ASIC Semiconductor devices.
Stan Hanel, Aldec University Program Manager said "Aldec's World-wide University Program continues an initiative to provide educational resources to students, making it easy for them to learn 'hands-on' Hardware Description Language design methodologies. Aldec, in partnership with Prentice Hall academic publishing, has placed the Student Edition of Active-HDL in distribution channels that include Walmart, Barnes & Noble, and the Prentice Hall online e-catalog. Engineering students of all ages and career levels now have the option to locally install this software on home personal computers and laptops, providing greater access to Aldec's commercial EDA product for entry, simulation and verification of their HDL designs."
Aldec created a Student Edition of Active-HDL, a popular EDA tool for logic circuit design entry, simulation and debugging of VHDL and Verilog. Although limited in capacity, the Student Edition CD includes a Hardware Description Language Editor for VHDL or Verilog languages, a Block Diagram Editor (BDE) and a Finite State Machine (FSM) Editor. The BDE and FSM editors allow a student to visualize his design in a structural or behavioral format before committing it to Hardware Description Language text. Interactive VHDL and Verilog tutorials on the CD teach students how to program in these essential Hardware Description Languages that underlay many of the most popular IP Cores available today for digital logic circuit design. The Student Edition of Active-HDL CD also includes Aldec's award-winning HDL simulator technology that can exercise these static Hardware Models through the use of a Testbench, also written in VHDL or Verilog code.
Availability
The Student Edition of Active-HDL is available at Walmart: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3618803 and Barnes & Noble bookstores at http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=Active-DHDL&userid=RP51sG1DzG&cds2Pid=9481. Prentice Hall also offers bundles of the Student Edition of Active-HDL with textbooks on Digital Logic Design, VHDL and Verilog languages. These textbook bundles as well as the Student Edition software can be purchased directly through the Prentice Hall online e-catalog at the following links: http://www.prenhall.com
About Prentice Hall
Established in 1913 by Charles Gerstenberg and Richard Ettinger, Prentice Hall successfully publishes introductory through advanced-level textbooks, professional reference publications, and monographs. Eighty-five years after its foundation, Prentice Hall merged with the world's leading educational and professional publisher-Pearson Education. Since 1998, Prentice Hall has continued to define itself as a market leader in educational, technical, and reference publishing and also as an innovator in online learning and support.
About Aldec
Aldec, Inc., a 22-year EDA tool provider, is committed to delivering high-performance, HDL-based design verification software for UNIX®, Linux® and Windows® platforms. Aldec is dedicated and responsive to serving its customers' needs with its offices located around the globe. Continuous innovation, superior product quality and a total commitment to customer service comprise the foundation of Aldec’s strategic objectives. Additional information about Aldec is available at http://www.aldec.com.
Active-HDL is a trademark of Aldec, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
