Chapter 3 Sequential Processing

In Chapter 2, we examined behavioral modeling using

concurrent statements. We discussed concurrent signal

assignment statements, as well as block statements and

component instantiation. In this chapter, we focus on

sequential statements. Sequential statements are state-

ments that execute serially one after the other. Most

programming languages, such as C and C++, support this

type of behavior. In fact, VHDL has borrowed the syntax

for its sequential statements from ADA.

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