Generally, PLDs can be described as being one of four different types.

More Questions from Programmable Logic Device

• Altera Corporation and Xilinx Corporation are the two leading PLD manufacturers.
• The Altera UPIX educational development board contains an EP10K60 device in a 280-pin package.
• The GAL16V8 has 32 input variables.
• CPLDs and FPGAs are often referred to as high-capacity programmable logic devices (HCPLDs).
• The four input-only pins found on devices in the MAX7000S family can be configured as specific high-speed control signals or as general user inputs.
• Based on the high-density architecture of logic cells, FLEX10K devices are generally classified as HCPLDs.
• A CPLD is basically a simplified PLD.
• The programming technologies that are used in FPGA devices include SRAM, flash, and antifuse, with flash being most common.
• Antifuse devices are volatile.
• The Boolean sum of the four product terms is called the sum-of-products.

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