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PLD overview

   This section shows a list of the seven major PLD-vendors and their CPLD and FPGA-families. It covers over 90% of
   todays available CPLDs/FPGAs of the last 20 years. The PLD-families are chronologically listed by the year of market
   introduction. For more technical details click on the PLD-name.

FPGA overview	CPLD overview	PLD name migrations

FPGA overview


--------- FPGA --------- '08 IGLOO PLUS '08 IGLOO nano '08 M1-IGLOOe '08 M1-IGLOO '08 ProASIC3 nano '08 M1-ProASIC3L '08 ProASIC3L '08 RT-ProASIC3EL '08 ProASIC3 (mil.) '07 M1-ProASIC3E '07 M1-ProASIC3 '07 IGLOOe '07 IGLOO '06 Fusion '06 RTAX-SL '05 M7-ProASIC3E '05 ProASIC3E '05 M7-ProASIC3 '05 ProASIC3 '03 RTAX-S '03 AX (Axcelerator) '01 APA (autom.) '01 APA '00 eX '99 ProASIC 500k ¹) '99 RT54SX-SU '99 RT54SX-S '99 A54SX-A '98 RT54SX '98 A54SX '98 ACT RT '97 ACT RH '97 A40MX / A42MX '96 3200DX '96 1200XL '93 ACT3 '91 ACT2 '88 ACT1 ¹) former Gatefield	--------- FPGA --------- '08 Stratix IV GX '08 Stratix IV E '07 Arria GX '07 Cyclone III '06 Stratix III '05 Stratix II GX '04 Cyclone II '04 Stratix II '03 Stratix GX '03 Cyclone '02 Stratix '01 APEX20KC '01 Mercury '01 APEX-II '00 Excalibur '00 ACEX-1K '99 APEX20KE '99 APEX20K '98 FLEX10KE '98 FLEX10KS '98 FLEX10KB '97 FLEX6000A '97 FLEX6000 '96 FLEX10KA '96 FLEX10KV '95 FLEX10K '95 FLEX8000A '92 FLEX8000	--------- FPGA --------- '99 AT94S (FPSLIC) '99 AT94K (FPSLIC) '98 AT40KAL '98 AT40KLV '98 AT6000LV ¹) '97 AT40K '94 AT6000 ¹) ¹) former Concurrent Logic	--------- FPGA --------- '96 Ultra38000	--------- FPGA --------- '09 LatticeECP3 '07 LatticeXP2 '06 LatticeECP/ECP2M '06 LatticeSC/SCM '06 LA-Mach XO '05 LatticeXP '05 Mach XO '04 LatticeEC/ECP '03 XPGA / XPGA-E '00 ORCA4 0.16ľ ¹) '98 ORCA3 0.25ľ ¹) '98 ORCA2 0.25ľ ¹) '96 ORCA3 0.35ľ ¹) '96 ORCA2 0.35ľ ¹) '94 ORCA2 0.50ľ ¹) '93 ORCA ¹) --------- FPSC --------- '04 ORCA ORSPI4 '02 ORCA ORLI10G '02 ORCA ORT42G5 '02 ORCA ORT82G5 '02 ORCA ORSO42G5 '02 ORCA ORSO82G5 '00 ORCA ORT8850 ¹) '98 ORCA OR3LP26B ¹) '98 ORCA ORT4622 ¹) '98 ORCA OR3TP12 ¹) ¹) former AT&T / Lucent	--------- FPGA --------- '03 Eclipse-II '02 QuickPCI-II '02 Eclipse-E '01 Eclipse '00 QuickDSP '98 QuickRAM '98 QuickPCI '97 pASIC3 '95 pASIC2 '91 pASIC1 --------- PSoC --------- '00 QuickMIPS	--------- FPGA --------- '08 Spartan-3A XA '08 Virtex-5 FXT '08 Virtex-5 TXT '07 QPro Virtex-4 '07 QPro Virtex-IIPro '07 Spartan-3AN '07 Spartan-3A DSP '06 Virtex-5 LX/LXT/SXT '06 Spartan-3A '05 Spartan-3E '04 Virtex-4 LX/SX/FX '04 Spartan-3 XA '04 Spartan-IIE XA '04 QPro-R Virtex-II '04 QPro Virtex-II '04 QPro Virtex-E '04 Spartan-3L '03 Virtex-II ProX '03 Spartan-3 '02 Virtex-II Pro '02 Spartan-IIE IQ '02 Spartan-II IQ '02 SpartanXL IQ '01 Spartan-IIE '01 QPro-R Virtex '00 Virtex-II '00 Virtex-E EM '99 Virtex-E '99 Spartan-II '99 QPro-Virtex '98 Virtex '98 SpartanXL '98 Spartan '98 XQ4000XL '98 XQR4000XL '97 XC4000XV '97 XC4000XLA '97 XC4000XL '97 XQ4000E/EX '96 XC4000E/EX '96 XC6200 ¹) '95 XC8100 '95 XC5200 '94 XC4000D/L '93 XC4000H '93 XC3100A/L '93 XC3100 '93 XC3000A/L '93 XC2000L '92 XC4000A '91 XC4000 '87 XC3000 '85 XC2000 ¹) former Algotronix

CPLD overview


--------- CPLD --------- -- no devices	--------- CPLD --------- '08 MAX-IIZ ¹) '04 MAX-II /G ¹) '99 MAX7000B '99 MAX3000A '98 MAX9000 0.5ľ '98 MAX7000AE '98 MAX7000E 0.5ľ '98 MAX7000S 0.5ľ '98 MAX7000 0.5ľ '97 MAX9000A '97 MAX7000A '96 FLASHlogic ²) '95 MAX7000S '94 Classic '94 MAX9000 '93 MAX7000E '91 MAX7000 '88 MAX5000A ³) '88 MAX5000 ³) ¹) CPLD with FPGA architecture ²) former Intel FLEXlogic '94 ³) now Cypress MAX340	--------- CPLD --------- '08 ATF1500BE/RE '03 ATF2500C '99 ATF1500AE/SE '96 ATF1500 '96 ATV2500B '90 ATV2500H/L (OTP) '87 ATV15xx	--------- CPLD --------- '00 Delta39k '00 Quantum38k '99 MAX340B ¹) '99 MAX340 ¹) '98 Ultra37000V '98 Ultra37000 '96 FLASH370i '93 FLASH370 ¹) former ALTERA MAX5000	--------- CPLD --------- '03 ispXPLD 5000MX '03 ispMACH 4000Z '02 ispMACH 5000B '02 ispMACH 4000V '01 ispLSI 5000VE '01 ispMACH 5000VG '01 ispMACH 4000C '01 ispMACH 4000B '00 ispMACH 4A ²) '00 ispLSI 8000V '00 ispLSI 2000VE '00 ispLSI 2000VL '00 ispLSI 1000EA '99 ispLSI 8000 '99 ispLSI 5000VA '99 ispLSI 2000E '98 ispLSI 5000V 'xx ispLSI 2000A '96 ispLSI 6000 '96 ispLSI 1000E '96 ispLSI 2000V '96 MACH 5 ²) '94 MACH 4 ²) '94 ispLSI 3000 '93 ispLSI 2000 '93 ispLSI 1000/883 '92 MACH 2 ²) '92 MACH 1 ²) '92 ispLSI 1000 ²) former AMD / Vantis	--------- CPLD --------- -- no devices	--------- CPLD --------- '04 XA9500XL '04 CoolRunner-II XA '02 CoolRunner-II '02 XPLA3 IQ '02 XC9500XL IQ '00 XPLA3 (CoolRunner) '99 XPLA2 ²) '99 XPLA2 E2 ²) '99 XPLA CoolRunner ²) '99 XC9500XV '98 XC9500XL '98 XC9500 '97 XC9500F '93 XC7300 '92 XC7200 /A ³) ²) former Philips ³) former Pluslogic

PLD name migrations

	The programmable logic market was very quickly changing in the last years, devices and names have been stopped or migrated to other names or companies. DynaChip FPGA knowhow XILINX GATEFIELD proASIC-FPGAs ACTEL proASIC-FPGAs AT&T ORCA-FPGAs Lucent Technologies agere Lattice ORCA-FPGAs intel FLEXlogic CPLDs ALTERA FLASHlogic CPLDs PLUSLOGIC Hiper EPLDs XILINX EPLDs XC7200 Algotronix CAL Technology XILINX FPGAs XC6200 PHILIPS Coolrunner CPLDs/Technology XILINX Coolrunner CPLDs Concurrent Logic CL6000-FPGAs ATMEL AT6000-FPGAs Monolithic Memories AMD VANTIS the PLD division of AMD (MACH-CPLDs) Lattice MACH-CPLDs ALTERA MAX5000 CPLDs CYPRESS MAX340/B CPLDs PILKINGTON MPA-FPGAs Motorola MPA-FPGAs Meanwhile the four biggest PLD-manufacturer (Actel, Altera, Lattice and Xilinx) have over 90% of the market share, furthermore the seven major PLD-manufacturer (with Atmel, Cypress and Quicklogic) cover 99% of the world-wide PLD market share. All underlined PLD-families of the above shown PLD-list are contained in the , where you can compare the PLD devices to each other. Furthermore you can use the PLD-searchengine to find the best fitting devices for your application.