Title :
A dual granularity and globally interconnected architecture for a programmable logic device
Author :
Cliff, Richard ; Ahanin, Bahram ; Cope, L. Todd ; Heile, Frank ; Ho, Ricky ; Huang, Joseph ; Lytle, Craig ; Mashruwala, Shamin ; Pedersen, Bruce ; Raman, Rina ; Reddy, Srinivas ; Singhal, Vinita ; Sung, C.K. ; Veenstra, Kerry ; Gupta, Anil
Author_Institution :
Alter Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel architecture called FLEX (flexible logic element matrix) has been designed which supports high logic densities up to 24,000 gates, maximizing overall system performance in a user design. This has been accomplished through a dual granularity approach and a global interconnect strategy. The dual granularity and global interconnect approach has succeeded in supporting both short nets and long nets for maximum performance
Keywords :
programmable logic devices; FLEX architecture; dual granularity; flexible logic element matrix; global interconnect strategy; high logic densities; long nets; programmable logic device; short nets; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Counting circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic arrays; Logic design; Pins; Programmable logic devices; System performance; Table lookup;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE 1993
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0826-3
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1993.590577
