Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are the workhorse computing systems that help to coordinate and harmonize functions performed by the multitude of sensors, actuators, conveyors and many other ...

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 ...

A bit of history 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 ...

The global field programmable gate array market size and share is currently valued at USD 11.74 billion in 2023. It is anticipated to generate an estimated revenue of USD 28.81 billion by 2032 ...

Simple Programmable Logic Devices (SPLD) offer customizable logic functions for electronic circuits. The market includes Programmable Array Logic (PAL), which uses fixed OR arrays with programmable ...

Optical computing aims to replace electricity with light to achieve faster, energy-saving computing. Researchers have now developed an optical programmable logic array (PLA) that overcomes key hurdles ...

Californian startup Adaptive Silicon has publicly unveiled the design that the company will use to bring its own form of programmable logic to ASICs. In a break from traditional programmable-logic ...