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I would guess if you are considering a semi-ASIC solution like Zero ASIC, then you probably want to build more than a handful of devices, so getting the FPGAs f
by danbruc 3y ago
I would guess if you are considering a semi-ASIC solution like Zero ASIC, then you probably want to build more than a handful of devices, so getting the FPGAs from the vendor would probably be the better comparison. What kind of price difference are we talking about here? The most expensive FPGA I could quickly find on DigiKey is a AMD Virtex UltraScale+ VU57P for $174k in quantity one, what could I realistically expect to pay if I ever needed a thousand of them? Half the price? One tenth?
- pclmulqdq 3y agoThe price difference for direct, volume purchases of FPGAs is reportedly about 10-50x lower than the unit price on Digikey, but they keep it very secret so they can price gouge you on negotiations. That VU57P likely costs at most $10-15k when purchased directly and in volume. As a comparison, this fully-built PCIe card with a VU13P FPGA costs $13k at quantity 1: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/BittWare/XUPVV8-0007?qs=vmHwEFxEFR%252Bcb%252Bz%2FjOLtMw%3D%3D https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/BittWare/XUPVV8-0007?qs... While a single unit of a comparable chip to the one on that card costs $77k on digikey: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd/XCVU13P-2FHGC2104E/7604524 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amd/XCVU13P-2FHGC...
- 15155 3y agoVU13s (2104D) can be had from Xilinx for <$1000. New VU35Ps were $700 in modest quantities a year or two ago. The Bittware CVP-13/XUPVVP product was $5100 new. Used VU13Ps run $300 in China.