Current Updates of Programmable Logic Devices and Synthesis Methods

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, we have witnessed the increasingly prominent role of programmable logic devices, especially FPGA and SoC. Various PLD applications can be found in almost all areas of human life, such as manufacturing systems, smart grids, robotics, transportation systems, medical devices, military, home area networks, digital data analysis, smart buildings and IoT, etc.

This Special Issue aims to discuss recent advances in the design, architecture, synthesis, modeling, specification, analysis, and verification of programmable logic devices. Such aspects involve many fields of science; thus, a wide range of topics is covered (but not limited to): 

• The logic synthesis and implementation methods of programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD, SoC);
• Design methodologies, analysis techniques, and verification methods of PLDs and digital systems;
• Optimization techniques (e.g., power, area, delay);
• Concurrency modeling and analysis of digital systems;
• Verification and validation techniques, including formal verification methods;
• Performance evaluation;
• Real-time systems, including real-time sensing and computing;
• Internet of Things, including aspects of design, organization, and implementation;
• Hardware implementation of intelligent algorithms;
• Reconfigurable control systems (including distributed and integrated systems);
• Dependable systems (cryptology, security algorithms, security aspects).

Dr. Adam Opara
Prof. Dr. Dariusz Kania
Guest Editors

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