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Top 5 books to refer for a VHDL beginner

VHDL (VHSIC-HDL, Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language) is a hardware description language used in electronic des...

VLSI Glossary

ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ATPG
Automatic Test Pattern Generation
AOCV
Advance On Chip Variation
BC
Best Case
CCS
Composite Current Source
CG
Composite Grain
CMP
Chemical Mechanical Planarization
CTS
Clock Tree Synthesis
CAD
Computer Aided Design
DDC
Design Compiler Database (Synopsys specific)
DEF
Design Exchange Format
DFM
Design For Manufacture
DRC
Design Rule Check
DFT
Design For Test
DSPF
Detailed Standard Parasitic Format
ECO
Engineering Change Order
EM
Electro magnetic
ESD
Electro-Static Discharge
EDA
Electronic Design automation
EDIF
Electronic Design Interchange Format
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
GDSII
Graphic Data System II
HVT
High Vt
HDLs
Hardware Descriptive language
IMD
Inter-Metal Dielectric
ILD
Inter Layer Dielectric
IO
Input Output
ITF
Interconnect Technology File
IC
Integrated Circuit
LEF
Library Exchange Format
LIB
Library
LVS
Layout Vs Schematic
LSI
Low Scale Integration
MCMM
Multi-Corner Multi-Mode
NDR
Non default Rule
NLDM
Non-Linear Delay models
OPC
Optical Proximity Correction
PG pin
Power and Ground Pin
PLIB
Physical Library
PLL
Phase Lock Loop
PVT
Process Voltage Temperature
PDEF
Physical Design Exchange Format
QOR
Quality Of Result
RAM
Random Access memory
ROM
Read Only Memory
RDL
Re-Distribution layer
RTL
Register Transfer Level
RSPF
Reduced Standard Parasitic Format
SAIF
Switching Activity Interchange Format
SDF
Standard Delay Format
SOC
System On Chip
SOI
Silicon On Insulator
SPEF
Standard Parasitic Exchange Format.
SPICE
Simulation Program for Integrated Circuits Emphasis
SSI
Small Scale Integration
SPF
Standard Parasitic Format
SBPF
Synopsys Binary Parasitic Format
SDC
Synopsys Design Constraint
TLF
Timing Library Format
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
TF
Technology File
UPF
Unified Power Format
ULSI
Ultra Large Scale Integration
VHDL
VHSIC(Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Descriptive Language
VLSI
Very large Scale Integration