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Types Of PLD (Programmabel Logic Devices)
Everything PCB - PCB Based website
February 5, 2008 - 4:37pm — fcEverythingPCB is a Printed Circuit Industry product, service and resource guide listing everything from software to manufacturers to assembly services and everything in-between.
The Spirit Consortium
February 16, 2008 - 5:42pm — fcThe SPIRIT Consortium supplies, and will further develop, specifications that enable increased design automation for IP re-use methodologies built on multi-vendor tool flows.
PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
February 16, 2008 - 8:39pm — kunalkantThe first PLD is PROM was introduced in 1970. PROMs was introduced for use as computer memories in which to store program instructions and constant data values.
GAL - Generic Array Logic
February 16, 2008 - 9:34pm — kunalkantGeneric array logic was introduced by lattice semiconductor Co. in 1983. GAL offered CMOS electrically erasable PROM (EPROM, E2PROM) variations on the PAL concept.
PLA - Programmable logic arrays
February 16, 2008 - 9:21pm — kunalkantPLAs became available in 1975 to address the limitations imposed by the PROM architecture, where both planes AND and OR arrays were programmable.
PAL - Programming Array Logic
February 16, 2008 - 9:30pm — kunalkantPALs were introduced in late 1970 to address speed problem shown by PLA devices. A PAL is opposite to PROM, where AND array is programmable but OR array is fixed.
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
February 16, 2008 - 10:30pm — kunalkantAt the beginning of 1980, there were programmable logic devices, which had fast design, highly configurable and reprogrammable, but they were support only small functions.
Structured ASIC
February 16, 2008 - 10:34pm — kunalkantThere was a large gap existing between standard cell-based design and FPGA, even when FPGA was introduced to overcome the gap.
CPLD - Complex Programmable Logic Devices
February 16, 2008 - 10:24pm — kunalkantAs the technology surrounding programmable devices improved, new devices were developed which combined several PLDs together on a single integrated circuit to form complex programmable logic devices,
FPSC - Field Programmable System Chip
February 16, 2008 - 10:35pm — kunalkantLattice Semiconductor was introduced Field Programmable System Chip (FPSC), where ASIC macrocell and FPGA gates were in same silicon die.
EPLD - Erasable Programmable Device
February 16, 2008 - 10:27pm — kunalkantEPLD devices are erasable programming devices introduced by Altera offer high density and buried registers.
FPOA - Field Programmable Object Array
February 16, 2008 - 10:38pm — kunalkantField programmable object array was introduced by Mathstar. FPOA is a field programmable device in the form of a two-dimensional array of Silicon Objects (SOs).
MPGA - Mask-programmable Gate Array
February 16, 2008 - 10:28pm — kunalkantMask-Programmable Gate Array (MPGA) was developed to handle larger logic circuits.
FPAA - Field Programmable Analog Array
February 16, 2008 - 10:39pm — kunalkantField programmable analog array (FPAA) based on switched capacitor circuits operating with operational amplifiers and numerous switches incorporate many classes (subsystems) of interconnections.
Bluetooth Special Interest Group
February 27, 2008 - 1:22pm — guruThis website is dedicated to our members and serves as the definitive source of information around Bluetooth SIG programs, initiatives, and Bluetooth wireless technology development.
DeviceNative.com
March 17, 2008 - 8:55am — fcDeviceNative.com, a discussion about the verification of large Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) with the team at GateRocket, Inc.
