Flutterby™! : status update

status update

2010-12-13 17:46:11.07072+01 by Dan Lyke 5 comments

So should I buy the $79 Altera FPGA dev kit, or the $495 Xilinx one? Which is the right technology to learn?

comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):

#Comment Re: made: 2010-12-14 01:54:32.121563+01 by: TheSHAD0W

At that price, you should buy the Altera kit whether or not you pick up the Xilinx one...

#Comment Re: made: 2010-12-14 07:26:01.17231+01 by: ebwolf [edit history]

I play ultimate with some guys who work at Xilinx (they are actually closer to my house than DigitalGlobe - I walk my dog on their property all the time). Any details you are interested? Can't guarantee they know anything about the dev kits...

Of course, I can probably rummage through their dumpster too...

#Comment Re: made: 2010-12-15 00:27:00.426863+01 by: Dan Lyke

The reason for the Xilinx one is, I believe, a matter of language. If the Altera was in stock at Arrow I'd have ordered a few of 'em already, just on principle.

#Comment Re: made: 2011-04-16 05:08:02.993116+02 by: TheSHAD0W

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37406/?p1=A1&a=f

#Comment Re: made: 2011-04-16 19:16:15.673535+02 by: Dan Lyke

Hmmm... That looks like fun, and amazingly few of my recent projects have actually had power budgets where that particular drawback would matter.

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