Starter's Guide to Verilog 2001

I purchased this with the hope of reinforcing my existing Verilog knowledge as well as familiarizing myself with new language features added in Verilog 2001. What I found in the book was a fairly well-written, concise, introduction to the language. Furthermore, Verilog 2001 features were mentioned as appropriate. The examples are diverse and exhaustive, making this a perfect reference guide for people who learn best by example. Also, appendices provide invaluable reference materials for language features and primitives. Finally, Prof. Ciletti does an excellent job of mentioning practical synthesis considerations in designs, as well as suggesting coding styles as opposed to mandating a specific style. I feel this book is an excellent value for the price, and I've placed in my reference bookshelf for digital design.

I liken this book to Kernighan and Ritchie's "The C Programming Language" in that it seems very concise, self-contained, well-written, with helpful appendices that will answer most advanced questions about verilog. The comparison is fitting since verilog is based on the C language. The aforementioned book on C is really the only text reference on the subject that I've used in the past five years, and I imagine verilog 2001 will play a similar role as I continue using verilog to design hardware.