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Vivado already supports Linux, the development is supported by very large customers that put FPGAs in cars, [REDACTED], and other kinds of objects that crash in
by tux3 5mo ago
Vivado already supports Linux, the development is supported by very large customers that put FPGAs in cars, [REDACTED], and other kinds of objects that crash into other objects.
This is just hurting students and hobbyists.
- atq2119 5mo agoAnd, since there's a pipeline from students and hobbyists to professional use, it's risking the future.
- tardedmeme 5mo agoAMD has been unable to not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory for ages. I'd almost say someone high up is getting kickbacks from their competitors.
- ua709 5mo agoSchools can join the AMD University Program and get back to where they were, and more. https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/university-program.html https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/university-program.html As for hobbyists, in the world of $0.03 microcontrollers, strong competition on the low end from Chinese manufacturers, and where few people learn HDLs, is NRE money in the hobby market really money well spent? I'm a HW designer and even I use microcontrollers now for most things, but not everything, because it's usually cheaper and faster. With semiconductor prices coming down as far as they have I think the world has probably fundamentally changed for FPGAs and the niche they occupied is shrinking fast.
- jeltz 5mo agoAnd hurting AMD.