Do old FPGA's decay?

[Brad Parker]

"Chuck Guzis" wrote:
>
>But do old FPGA's just quietly go belly-up?  Or is there something about
>the XC2064-50 that I'm in the dark about?  Are there any easy tests that I
>can apply to confirm my suspicions?  

Doesn't it need to be 'loaded', either via a eeprom or the pcu?

Most older fpga's (I thought) had to be programmed at startup via some
form of bit-serial line.  This is often something like an i2c eeprom
directly attached to the chip.

I have not looked that XC2 datasheet, however. (actually, I'm having trouble
finding one...)

-brad