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This chapter presents several advanced features provided by VHDL. Discussed in the following sections are:

  • Overloading

  • Access Types

  • File Types and I/O

  • User-Defined Attributes

  • Signal-Related Attributes

  • Aliases

  • Association by Subelement

  • Guarded Signal Assignment Statements

  • Disconnection Specifications

  • Null Transactions

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Lipsett, R., Schaefer, C.F., Ussery, C. (1989). Advanced Features. In: VHDL: Hardware Description and Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1631-2_9

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