| ??? 01/19/10 00:48 Read: times |
#172581 - for once, I agree! Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Andy Peters said:
Wow, sounds like these folks really bought into Xilinx' marketing bullshit about their EDK and the link between the FPGA and Matlab.
It's been a while since anyone I know spent the $10k or so for Matlab, since it really doesn't even simulate real devices. I've not bothered with XILINX' EDK either, since they're so wedded to their proprietary CPU cores, etc. All of which are designed such that Matlab sells more expensive licenses ($$$) and Xilinx sells an FPGA that's five times the size of one that a real hardware guy would use. Yes, they're WAY too big, and WAY too costly for a sensible guy to use, too. We are convinced that the only people who continue to use the EDK are people who want to run Linux on an FPGA. It's that retarded. Yes, particularly when you can buy a board that runs LINUX as shipped for about $100, which is less than what just the FPGA would cost, even if you were to charge only $0.10 per week for your time. -a I've wondered where they thought they were headed, and why. Particularly when they've already abandoned some of their most useful families. RE |
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| Trouble with academia, me ranting | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| You? Ranting?? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
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| With regards, ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| bah | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Oh, Jez... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| yes well... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| SO... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What's a specification? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| So.. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| In academia, the spec is, ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| academic specs | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It was... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re: trouble with academia | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
for once, I agree! | 01/01/70 00:00 |