Re: Universal logic modules vs NAND-like modules

"PeteS" wrote:
> The type of device you describe is common in FPGA architectures
> (indeed, it looks almost exactly like the a Logic Block, as found in
> Altera and some Xilinx devices).
>
> Such a logic block (with a function F, usually from a lookup table)
> plus the ONE, ZERO and NOT, is a subset of what is used on those
> devices. (They also have some straight AND/NAND gating as well).
>
> For want of a better term, I would call it a universal logic *function
> block*, as opposed to a universal logic *gate* (which a NAND is, by
> definition, as well as NOR).
>
> Cheers
>
> PeteS
>

This is a good suggestion. Thank you for the input.

Candida
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