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Similar technologies have also been employed to design and manufacture analog, analog-digital, and structured arrays, but, in general, these are not called gate arrays.
Gate arrays have also been known as ''uncommitted logic arrays'' (''ULAs''), which also offered linear circuit functions,<ref name="ferranti_ula2000">{{ cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/FerrantiULA2000SeriesDatasheet/mode/1up | title=The 224 Cell Uncommitted Array Family | publisher=Ferranti Electronic Components Division | date=March 1977 | access-date=23 February 2021 | pages=1 }}</ref> and ''semi-custom chips''.{{cn|date=June 2022}}
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== Uses ==
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Gate arrays were used widely in the [[home computer]] market in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, including in the [[Sinclair ZX81]] and [[Sinclair Spectrum]], the [[BBC Micro]] and [[Acorn Electron]], and the [[Commodore Amiga]].
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