IEEE 1800-2012 pdf download IEEE Standard for SystemVerilog— Unified Hardware Design, Specification, and Verification Language
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1.8 Contents of this standard
A synopsis of the clauses and annexes is presented as a quick reference. All clauses and several of theannexes are normative parts of this standard. Some annexes are included for informative purposes only.
Part One: Design and Verification Constructs
Clause 1 describes the contents of this standard and the conventions used in this standard
Clause 2 lists references to other standards that are required in order to implement this standard.
Clause 3 introduces the major building blocks that make up a SystemVerilog design and verificationenvironment: modules,programs, interfaces, checkers, packages, and configurations. This clause alsodiscusses primitives, name spaces, the $unit compilation space, and the concept of simulation time.
Clause 4 describes the SystemVerilog simulation scheduling semantics
Clause 5 describes the lexical tokens used in SystemVerilog source text and their conventions.
Clause 6 describes SystemVerilog data objects and types, including nets and variables, their declarationsyntax and usage rules, and charge strength of the values on nets. This clause also discusses strings andstring methods, enumerated types, user-defined types, constants, data scope and lifetime, and typecompatibility.
Clause 7 describes SystemVerilog compound data types: structures, unions, arrays, including packed andunpacked arrays, dynamic arays, associative arays, and queues. This clause also describes various arraymethods.
Clause 8 describes the object-oriented programming capabilities in SystemVerilog. Topics include definingclasses, interface classes, dynamically constructing objects, inheritance and subclasses, data hiding andencapsulation,polymorphism,and parameterized classes
Clause 9 describes the SystemVerilog procedural blocks: initial, always, always comb, always ffalways latch, and final. Sequential and parallel statement grouping, block names, statement labels, andprocess control are also described.
Clause 10 describes continuous assignments, blocking and nonblocking procedural assignments, andprocedural continuous assignments.