What are PLDs?
| PLDs or programmable logic devices refer to a variety of logic chips that are programmable at the user's site. Programmability of logic means that new chip designs can be tested and easily changed without incurring the huge photomask costs for chips completed in a fab. In addition, memory-based PLDs can be reprogrammed over and over, which allows working products to be upgraded at the user's site. |
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| 2005-08-18 | How to integrate Flash device programming and reduce costs Flash memory devices offer great value to engineers who seek high-density, low-cost memory devices that are easy to program and erase. |
| 2014-10-16 | How to improve FPGA comms interface clock jitters Know how external phase locked loops can be used to resolve problems faced when dealing with clock jitter in FPGA-based high-speed communications interfaces such as SerDes. |
| 2005-07-28 | Global Sources opens ESC/EDA&T exhibitions in Taiwan Global Sources has opened the fifth annual Embedded Systems Conference-Taiwan (ESC-Taiwan) and the 13th annual Electronic Design Automation & Test-Taiwan Conference & Exhibition (EDA&T-Taiwan). |
| 2004-03-05 | Global chip sales posts 26.6 percent growth Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $15.5 billion in January this year, a 26.6 percent year-over-year increase from the $12.28 billion recorded in January last year, while sales also recorded a typical month-over-month decrease in January this year of 3.0 percent from December 2003, Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported. |
| 2010-04-06 | FPGA-based starter kit accelerates design cycle Pigeon Point Systems is offering ATCA IPMC and AMC Carrier IPMC board management reference starter kits using Actel's SmartFusion intelligent mixed-signal FPGA. |
| 2009-07-29 | FPGA startups struggle to stay in the game A vast majority of programmable logic startups have failed, whether succumbing to acquisition, retreating into other markets or simply closing up shop. |
| 2010-11-10 | FPGA design software updated Lattice Diamond 1.1 extends support to MachXO and MachXO2 product families |
| 2011-10-28 | FPGA boasts 6.8 billion transistors Xilinx claims an industry-first with the most number of transistors for Virtex-7 2000T by using 2.5D IC stacking. |
| 2007-04-10 | Excimer laser doubles process throughput Coherent Inc. has unveiled a higher power version of their LAMBDA SX class of high pulse energy lasers at 308nm. |
| 2011-10-01 | Employing SoC for cost-effective 3D designs Here's a look at the current 3D active shutter architectures vis-à-vis the next generation solutions now available. |
| 2004-11-01 | EDA requirement shifts to front-end, system-level Five years ago, EDA companies were in Asia merely to provide a presence. Now more EDA companies are setting up or expanding their operations. |
| 2003-01-03 | Driving innovation in chip design The economics of designing chips is rapidly changing the landscape of system design. |
| 2010-07-07 | Design software delivers low-power, low-cost FPGAs The Lattice Diamond FPGA Version 1.0 design software provides as set of tools and a modern user interface to enable designers to more quickly target low power, cost sensitive FPGA applications. |
| 2004-06-10 | Dataquest sets optimistic tone for EDA Presentations by Gartner Dataquest analysts on the eve of the Design Automation Conference (DAC) here set a positive tone for the EDA and silicon intellectual property (IP) industries, both of which are expected to show strong growth in 2004. |
| 2014-06-17 | Cypress outs prototyping kit, offers PSoC 4 chips at $1 The prototyping kit serves as a low cost alternative to customers looking to sample PSoC 4 devices featuring the low-power Cortex-M0 core. In addition, select PSoC 4 devices are available for $1. |
| 2008-05-16 | Cut down processor power consumption with CPLD According to Mark Ng of Xilinx Inc., Reducing power consumption not only involves correct management of the operating mode of a device, but designing a system to take advantage of the modes a device can operate within. Offloading operations of the microprocessor allows it to stay in its low-power state for a longer amount of time. One way to reduce system power is to allow a low-power programmable logic device, such as a CPLD, to manage these offloaded operations. |
| 2008-11-03 | Crime fighters get PL edge This article examines the use of FPGAs and soft-core embedded processors in a wireless auto-tracking camera integrated into a police vehicle and a fingerprint ID system. |
| 2003-08-20 | CD-ROMs compile open-source EDA, IP An updated CD-ROM package contains some 190 open-source EDA tools and 130 hardware designs - all for a price of $25. |
| 2001-03-01 | Cable modems tap high-speed data In the drive to market broadband cable to everyone, a key challenge for the industry was to develop a standard method of implementing high-speed data services. |
| 2003-07-03 | BVS device provides 3 high-frequency sine outputs The Rhino3 device from Berkeley Varitronic Systems (BVS) can be used as a frequency reference in the laboratory, providing 3 buffered 10MHz sinewave outputs. |
| 2011-01-28 | Bandwidth demand propels industry innovation In 2011 and beyond, a key growth driver for the electronics industry is an insatiable bandwidth demand from all corners of the globe. |
| 2005-02-02 | ASICs face stiffening competition from ASSPs, says analyst Although structured ASICs are helping designers shorten turn-around time and lower NRE costs for system-on-chip LSIs, ASSPs will emerge as the long-term solution for a wider range of core silicon, according to an analyst for iSuppli Japan. |
| 2010-07-13 | Analysts weigh in on Semicon 2010 Unlike last year's event, which was depressing due to the IC downturn, the industry is looking forward to a better Semicon West. Analysts weigh in on the mood entering into the event. |
| 2010-01-15 | Analyst sees more acquisitions in IC world in 2010 A JP Morgan Securities Inc. analyst said in a report titled "Top 10 Semiconductor Predictions for 2010" that the year could bring a big strategic acquisition to the semiconductor space. |
| 2007-09-05 | Altera takes SOPC World 2007 to six cities in Asia Altera Corp. announced that its annual SOPC World will be held in six cities across Asia Pacific from October to November. |
| 2005-03-28 | Altera faces challenges with well-developed products With electronics in Asia moving up the value chain, programmable logic devices provider Altera is positioning itself by refining its product portfolio. |
| 2007-11-01 | Altera executive bets big on Asia Erhaan Shaikh, the newly installed regional VP and managing director for Altera Asia Pacific, sees the opportunities spawned by the growing manufacturing and design activity in Asia. |
| 2008-11-03 | Actel boasts compact, low-cost FPGAs Actel has introduced nano versions of its IGLOO and ProASIC 3 FPGAs that will benefit high-volume, portable consumer markets. |
| 2013-03-13 | AC drives operate from 0.4-22kW at 100-600V input Rockwell Automation released its Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 525 AC drive portfolio that claims to ease equipment design and operation, and speed installation and configuration. |
| 2005-03-01 | 8bit MCU supports full-speed USB 2.0 ST's?PSD3400 Turbo Plus series of 8051-class embedded flash MCUs offers system-level-integration with flash and SRAM densities for general-purpose 8bit embedded apps. |
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