Pity the poor TTL computer aficionado. It’s an obsession, really — using discrete logic chips to scratch-build a computer that would probably compare unfavorably to an 80s era 8-bit machine in terms ...

Before the era of large-scale integration (LSI) semiconductor circuits, discrete logic circuits using the common diode-transistor logic (DTL) were still necessary and available in a format that was ...

Discrete-logic vendors might, like Mark Twain before them, respond to their own obituaries with “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Process migrations and application-tuned ...

Discrete Mathematics is a subject that has gained prominence in recent times. Unlike regular Maths, where we deal with real numbers that vary continuously, Discrete Mathematics deals with logic that ...

These days, a lot of digital design work involves little more than patching together a few highly integrated blocks. It seems as if everything is VLSI (and CPLD/FPGA). A lot is, but not everything.

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 ...