Members can download this article in PDF format. For market growth to occur at desired levels, suppliers must meet consumer demand for compact electronic devices that integrate multiple functions. To ...

Programmable logic has come a long way from the simple devices we started out with. Remember Programmable Array Logic, or PALs? In bipolar technology the ICC on even a small PAL was over 100mA, and ...

Covers the following topics: logic gates, binary number system, conversion between number systems, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, combinational logic, digital logic design, flip-flops, programmable ...

Automobiles today are probably the most intimate consumer product that occupies our daily life. In the past, they had a functional priority to mechanical parts such as exteriors and an engine. However ...

The existing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) effort is providing lowered-cost access to leading-edge device technologies essential for military systems, but semiconductor manufacturers must do more ...

Strategies for EDA tool usage will change course as gate levels, and ultimately costs, rise in programmable logic designs. For designs below 25,000 gates, the basic tools from logic vendors and many ...