Glad to read that the tools are now free. FWIW things have gotten better. In the old days (1980s) both Xilinx and Altera used to charge quite a lot of money fo

Glad to read that the tools are now free. FWIW things have gotten better. In the old days (1980s) both Xilinx and Altera used to charge quite a lot of money for their tools. IIRC around $5000. They were small companies and it was a significant part of their total revenue stream.