EDN

Six ways to improve speed of digital logic in IC design

When designing a chip, a designer needs to consider many tradeoffs before developing the logic. For example, if a chip is being developed for mobile applications, power becomes a very important factor ...
Design-Reuse

Optimizing 16-Bit Unsigned Multipliers with Reversible Logic Gates for an Enhanced Performance

Abstract— Multipliers are crucial components in processors and arithmetic logic units. The performance of microsystems, microcontrollers, and DSP processors is often evaluated based on the number of ...
EDN

Build a low-cost logic design trainer

When I was an engineering student, I was fascinated about such subjects as Analog electronics, Logic Design, Microcontrollers etc.I loved the time I spent in my college laboratories, but unfortunately ...
Design-Reuse

Clock Gate Logic Aware Design Closure

Silicon On Chip (SOC) consists of several logical gates connected to define some functionality. Timing Closure being a well known art to ensure that every single timing path between consecutive ...
Hackaday

Using VHDL To Generate Discrete Logic PCB Designs

VHDL and Verilog are hardware description languages, used to describe and define logic circuits. They’re typically used to design ASICs and to program FPGAs, essentially using software to define ...
Electronic Design

Simplify Programmable Logic Integration into Electronic Devices

Members can download this article in PDF format. For market growth to occur at desired levels, suppliers must meet consumer demand for compact electronic devices that integrate multiple functions. To ...
Electronic Design

The Essentials of Logic Analyzers

Just as the oscilloscope is the instrument of choice for analog electronics, and the spectrum analyzer is preferred for RF measurement, the logic analyzer is the go-to instrument for digital system ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A brief history of logic synthesis

The notions of logic synthesis can be traced back to the early 1970s and work conducted at IBM called Logic Synthesis System (LSS). This was a rule-based transformation system. These looked for ...