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Yes, agree. Also, SDKs are quite expensive - while GPU vendors give theirs away for free. This might be one reason for relatively low adoption vs GPU.
by boxerab 10y ago
Yes, agree. Also, SDKs are quite expensive - while GPU vendors give theirs away for free. This might be one reason for relatively low adoption vs GPU.
- planteen 10y agoI don't think that is it. The tools aren't open source free, but they are dollar free. Xilinx is the leader in FPGAs and their tools are free. Lattice tools are also free. Not sure about Altera, who is #2. I've worked multiple places that shipped products using only the FPGA vendor's free offerings. The FPGA vendors see the tools as a way to sell silicon.
- spilk 10y agoAltera was acquired by Intel last year and they dropped the Altera brand - they are now Intel FPGA.