VHDL to machine code converter

[neshatkorivand]

Hi,
I just wanted to know that is it possible to convert VHDL to other processor's machine code(such as intel)?
I basically want to know is there any VHDL to assembly converter?

 

[jstr3811]

Technically, you never actually run VHDL. After synthesizing into a netlist and then vendor-specific binary, you upload the binary to a device, always an FPGA or ASIC. However your binary does not contain a program at all. Your binary is a circuit. It doesn't really make sense to talk about converting that to assembly.

If you're interested in simulation, some of the better (i.e. expensive) simulators convert VHDL to C, and then from C to assembly. However it's important to understand that whatever C code you generate is merely a simulation of your circuit, not the circuit itself.