Re: what are GALS (related TWGS)

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <55esb9$e13@enyo.uwa.edu.au>,
Joseph Turner <jturner@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>Hi I have been looking at the FAQ, and it mentions something on GALS. I
>don't actually know what they are. I guess they are chips, but what
>ACTUALLY are they? and where are they? ROMS?

   Gate Array Logic. A chip with a bunch of inputs and a bunch of
outputs.  When you make them, you can program the outputs to be any
mathematical function of the inputs.

   Slightly more flexible than ROMs since you can get them in strange
combos of lots or inputs and few outputs, or vice versa.

Nathan Mates

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