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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| 2004-06-01 | Picking the best solution for glue logic Make a better product by choosing higher integration logic solutions in a single reprogrammable chip that help you make a better product. |
| 2002-03-01 | Physical synthesis for complex FPGAs This news article discusses how with the number FPGA system gates growing to more than 10 million, designers should optimize their designs to meet narrow market windows. |
| 2001-05-25 | Philips PLDs support live insertion applications This application note discusses the influence of programmable logic in live insertion applications, clarifies bus errors that can occur, and examines other important considerations when designing for live insertion. |
| 2001-03-27 | PCI target designs using Ultra37000 CPLDs This application note provides an overview of the PCI bus and its associated transactions, and presents example designs for a PCI target device that has been implemented in Cypress Semiconductor's Ultra37000 CPLDs. |
| 2003-12-20 | PCI bus target controller implementation using a Lattice CPLD This application note describes how to implement a PCI bus target controller using the company's CPLD products. |
| 2000-09-06 | OrCAD support for Atmel PLDs This application note describes how to use OrCAD PLD 386+ to create an object file to program the Atmel PLD and CPLD devices. |
| 1999-11-23 | OrCAD Express design flow for Philips CPLDs This note provides the steps for using OrCAD Express and Philips Semiconductors' XPLA Designer tools to simulate and compile a digital design into Philips' Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLDs). |
| 2005-07-22 | New programmable device family combines CPLD, FPGA features Lattice Semiconductor introduced MachXO, a new product family that combines the key features of complex programmable logic device (PLD) and FPGA technologies in a single device. |
| 2012-05-09 | New packaging fits MachXO2 PLDs in tight spaces Lattice's MachXO2 family of PLDs now come in a 5 x 5mm 32QFN form factor suitable for system, consumer and industrial applications. |
| 2003-01-07 | New markets drive demand for programmable logic The programmable logic industry, like other segments of the semiconductor business, experienced a dramatic slowdown in sales in recent years. |
| 2002-12-02 | Network dynamics, SoC impact MCU design Looking beyond sophisticated SOC methodologies, the drive is on to transform the microprocessor architectures useful in desktops and various appliances into true microcontrollers. |
| 2005-06-16 | Methodology for DSP-based FPGA design Here's a technique to solve productivity and design-quality issues that have previously plagued DSP developers. |
| 2001-03-20 | Method to instantiate and use a core in Warp with Cypress CPLDs This application note describes in detail how customers can incorporate cores in their system-level designs. It contains a detailed description of the steps required to instantiate VIF files in both VHDL and Verilog designs. |
| 2001-03-21 | Method to instantiate and use a core in Warp Enterprise/Professional This application note contains a detailed description of the steps required to instantiate the core contained in the VIF file using the Warp Enterprise/Professional tool. |
| 2001-03-20 | Method to instantiate and use a core in Synplify This application note is intended to assist people who use cores for Cypress Semiconductor's CPLDs and compile their design in Synplify. |
| 2001-03-20 | Method to instantiate and use a core in LeonardoSpectrum This application note is intended to assist people who use cores for Cypress Semiconductor's CPLDs and compile their design in LeonardoSpectrum. |
| 1999-10-09 | Metastable Recovery This paper deals with the XC4000 and XC3000-series flip-flops and how they perform well in metastable conditions for MSI and PLDs. |
| 2002-12-06 | Metastability in MACH Devices This application describes metastability in MACH devices, which occurs in digital systems where inputs are not synchronized to their own internal clocks. |
| 2000-06-28 | Metastability Considerations This application note provides designers with formulas and test measurements to calculate the probability of failure metastability considerations. Design techniques for minimizing metastability are also provided. |
| 2003-06-17 | Magma acquisition targets structured ASIC market Magma Design Automation confirmed that it has purchased Los Angeles-based PLD synthesis company Aplus Design Technologies to enter the emerging structured ASIC market. |
| 2005-03-16 | Lower costs through design tool performance The ISE software has capabilities that reduce design and verification times, attaining design closure faster |
| 2005-06-16 | Low-cost programmable logic drives innovation in consumer electronics Incorporating programmable logic into the right areas in CE product design achieves faster development of features. |
| 2002-06-28 | Low power design with CoolRunner-II CPLDs This application note describes the design methodologies that can be employed to obtain the lowest power possible using the CoolRunner-II CPLD. |
| 2002-06-12 | LIBERATOR: System configuration and initialization This application note provides an overview of Clear Logic's emulation modes, aiding designers in selecting the right emulation mode for their application. |
| 1999-03-01 | Leveraging PLDs for embedded system functionality You can directly apply the techniques and tools used in Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL)-based enterprise development to embedded systems and thus enhance their capabilities. |
| 2000-03-01 | Leveraging PLDs for embedded system functionality You can directly apply the techniques and tools used in Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL)-based enterprise development to embedded systems and thus enhance their capabilities. |
| 2005-06-16 | Less is more with FPGAs For FPGAs to become production-quantity alternatives to custom logic, it is better to have less logic capacity. |
| 2003-02-28 | Lattice ships software for Power Manager PLDs Lattice Semiconductor has released the PAC-Designer v2.0 software, which supports the recently announced ispPAC Power Manager series of devices. |
| 2003-08-12 | Lattice Semi broadens ispXPLD product offerings Lattice Semiconductor has released two additional members of its in-system programmable eXpanded PLD family - 51024MX and 5256MX. |
| 2003-05-13 | Lattice rolls out PCB power management device Lattice Semiconductor has announced the release of the Power604 device, which provides a complete solution for PCB power sequencing |
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