MAX 5000 Erasable Programmable Logic Devices (EPLDs) represent a revolutionary step in programmable logic: they combine innovative architecture and state-of-the-art process to offer optimum performance, logic density, flexibility, and the highest speeds and densities available in general-purpose reprogrammable logic. 

These EPLDs are high-speed, high-density replacements for Ss1 and MSI TTL and CMOS packages and conventional PLDs. For example, an EPM5192 replaces over 100 7400 series SSI and MSI TTL and CMOS packages, integrating complete subsystems into a single package, saving board area, and reducing power consumption.