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You can get lattice FPGAs for a few dollars each from distributors. Zynq's in volume are reportedly as $15/each. Tools are free. If cost is the main concern, t
by adapteva 11y ago
You can get lattice FPGAs for a few dollars each from distributors. Zynq's in volume are reportedly as $15/each. Tools are free.
If cost is the main concern, then how low do you need to go?
An open FPGA arhitecture is a good thing, but it will require something akin to the RISC-V effort to make it happen. (ie major DARPA/NSF, academic, industry backing to bootstrap). Let's see what happens...
- nickpsecurity 11y agoSubversion and amount of logic are main concerns. Lattice aint Virtex6 last I checked. I agree on RISC-V/DARPA comparison though.
- chei0aiV 11y agoNo, just a student doing a masters thesis can create an open FPGA: https://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2014/EECS-2014-43.html https://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2014/EECS-2014-4...
- nickpsecurity 11y agoI linked to that above. The conversation moved on because, as your paper noted, what they created lacks a lot of the functionality and even core elements of commercial FPGA's. I agree academics can do most or all of it but it will take more than one at Master's level to be competitive.