This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop of Field-Programmable Logic and Applications, FPL '96, held in Darmstadt, Germany, in September 1996. The 37 revised full papers presented in the book are selected from 82 submissions originating from 27 countries; also included are 13 high-quality poster presentations. The book is divided into topical sections on high-level design, new software and hardware development tools, custom computers, applications, hardware/software co-design, AISC emulators, vendor session, industrial applications and experiences, reconfiguration aspects, CAD user experiences, and miscellaneous.