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x-ecutioner

Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:42 pm


what are logic blocks?

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i know this is a website for computer science and stuff but i'm currently doing a report on microprocessors for my summative. I googled the term logic blocks, logic block and even looked for a definition.
What are logic blocks?
does anyone have perhaps an answer or some kind of link (ideally) to what logic blocks are?
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks


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gitoxa

Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:44 pm


RE:what are logic blocks?

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My guess would be that logic blocks are sections of code separated by what that block of code does.

In other words, in a very simple program, you have one block for input, several for manipulating the data, and one block for output.


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Clayton

Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:51 pm


RE:what are logic blocks?

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Not quite. He means logic blocks in terms of hardware.

@x-ecutioner: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array]This page from wikipedia makes mention to them, though I haven't read the article myself, it may give you an idea of what to search for further if it doesn't answer some of your questions.


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Insectoid

Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:20 pm


RE:what are logic blocks?

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My guess: it's a group of gates used to perform one task. An adding block contains all the gates to perform addition. Just a guess.