... (Electronic Design Automation) tools available for circuitsynthesis, implementation, and simulation using VHDL. Some tools (place and route, for example) are o¤ered as part of a vendor’s design suite ... further understand and refine its construction, whichwill lead to design style #2. Design of the Lower (Sequential) SectionIn figure 8.1, the flip-flops are in the lower section, so clock and reset ... very simple, and does two things: (a) it assigns theoutput value and (b) it establishes the next state. Notice also that it complies with rules 1 and 2 of section 6.10, relative to the design of...