The 8721 PLA, or programmable logic array, was one of the chips that had to be invented to make the Commodore 128, the last of the 8-bit computers that formed the leading edge of the early PC ...

The first practical programmable logic chips, known as PLAs (programmable logic arrays), became available in the mid 1970s. Things really took off though when MMI introduced a simplified series of ...

Yeah I am still a little pissed that the competition is still around and we aren’t, and by “we” I mean Commodore Business Machines (CBM). It was Commodore that had the most popular home compu… ...

A new category of very high-performance programmable logic devices has been developed to address the un-met needs of system designers. The MathStar Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA) is an example ...

A two-slot addition called Splash, which enables a Sun workstation to outperform a Cray-2 on certain applications, is discussed. Following an overview of the Splash design and programming, hardware ...

Learn how smart contracts and programmable logic can enable innovation and ... Programmable logic devices (PLDs) can include microcontrollers, field-programmable gate arrays ... For example, smart ...

This optical PLA leverages parallel spectrum modulation to achieve an 8-input system, greatly enhancing the scope of optical logic operations. Demonstration and application of large-scale optical ...

The binary information technology reaches its limits set by the atomic size miniaturization, by calculation speed and by the fundamental principle of energy dissipation per bit processing. Employing ...

Large-scale optical programmable logic array can execute complex models like Conway’s Game of Life, marking a significant advancement in optical computing Researchers have long sought to harness ...