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Programmable Logic Design Quick Start Handbook

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PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DESIGN: QUICK START HANDBOOK • CHAPTER 1<br />

This architecture was very flexible, but at the time wafer geometries of<br />

10 µm made the input-to-output delay (or propagation delay) high, which<br />

made the devices relatively slow.<br />

FIGURE 1-1:<br />

WHAT IS A CPLD<br />

MMI (later purchased by AMD) was enlisted as a second source for the<br />

PLA array. After fabrication issues, it was modified to become the programmable<br />

array logic (PAL) architecture by fixing one of the programmable planes.<br />

This new architecture differed from that of the PLA in that one of the programmable<br />

planes was fixed – the OR array. PAL architecture also had the<br />

added benefit of faster Tpd and less complex software, but without the flexibility<br />

of the PLA structure.<br />

Xilinx • 2

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