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Equally by offering this for Xilinx, it makes them more palatable over Altera offerings (owned by Intel). So a very tactile move on many levels. But as an end
by Zenst 8y ago
Equally by offering this for Xilinx, it makes them more palatable over Altera offerings (owned by Intel). So a very tactile move on many levels.
But as an end user, I like competition like this, as long as there is competition tomorrow.
- nerpderp83 8y agoThere are lots of other FPGAs that are still available for RISC-V to target that are precluded from this announcement. ARM used to sue anyone trying to make an ARM clone and now this. Great news for RISC-V. At least one if not two low end FPGA manufacturers will be shipping a fabric with hard blocks supporting RISC-V.
- JoachimS 8y agoThe release of the M1 is not just for Xilinx. ARM is releasing the M1 for Xilinx, Altera, Actel FPGAs. These are firm (i.e. technology mapped) cores adapted for each FPGA family. Here for example is the documentation for the Altera version. Note that it sports the Altera Avalon bus interface which would not be used in a Xilinx design. https://developer.arm.com/docs/dui0395/latest/introduction/about-the-processor https://developer.arm.com/docs/dui0395/latest/introduction/a... And here is the announcement/information about the M1 core for Actel/Microsemi FPGAs: https://soc.microsemi.com/products/ip/search/detail.aspx?id=652 https://soc.microsemi.com/products/ip/search/detail.aspx?id=...
- JoachimS 8y agoThis article from EE Times lists all FPGA vendors as well as EDA vendors supporting the M1 cores: https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1303843 https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1303843