9.5/10 (Deducted half a point because the index could be more thorough).
Bridging the gap between RTL design and rigorous verification for the working engineer and the advanced student. If you are a digital design engineer, a verification engineer moving closer to the design side, or a graduate student trying to survive the complexities of modern ASIC/FPGA flow, you know the struggle.
Beyond the Schematic: Why Donald Thomas’ “Logic Design and Verification Using SystemVerilog” is a Modern Classic
Additionally, the revised edition is still light on (Xilinx/Altera specific). This is a textbook for ASIC methodology, but 90% applies directly to high-end FPGAs. The Verdict: Buy it. Read it. Dog-ear it. If you are an early-career digital designer, Logic Design and Verification Using SystemVerilog (Revised) will cut your debug time in half. If you are a verification engineer, it will make you a better designer because you will finally understand why RTL engineers write "bad" code (and how to fix it).
That camp is occupied almost entirely by Donald Thomas’ book, Logic Design and Verification Using SystemVerilog (Revised) .