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FPGA Electronic Design: A set of statesments
in HDL which is appropriate for implementation
in FPGA chip.
HDL (Hardware Description Language): A
specialized computer language used to describe
the structure, design and operation of digital logic
circuits.
IP Core (Intellectual Property Core): Is a
reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design
that can be used as building blocks within ASIC
chip designs or FPGA logic designs.
JTAG: Is an integrated method for testing
interconnects on printed circuit boards that are
implemented at the integrated circuit level.
Logic Synthesis: A process by which an ab-
stract form of desired circuit behavior is turned into
a design implementation in terms of logic gates.
LUT: The key component of modern FPGAs
that is used to encode any n-input Boolean func-
tion by modeling such functions as truth tables.

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