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Abstract

A look-up-table-based programmable logic device is provided with memory circuitry which can be operated either as random access memory ('RAM') or to perform product term ('p-term') logic. Each individual row of the memory is separately addressable for writing data to the memory or, in RAM mode, for reading data from the memory. Alternatively, multiple rows of the memory are addressable in parallel to read p-terms from the memory. The memory circuitry of the invention is particularly useful as an addition to look-up-table-type programmable logic devices because the p-term capability of the memory circuitry provides an efficient way to perform wide fan-in logic functions which would otherwise require trees of multiple look-up tables.

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