Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wasatch!uplherc!esunix!jsnow From: jsnow@esunix.UUCP (John Snow) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Xilinx Message-ID: <1429@esunix.UUCP> Date: 8 Aug 89 23:53:08 GMT References: <1989Aug5.224902.4724@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah Lines: 19 From article <1989Aug5.224902.4724@utzoo.uucp>, by henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer): > > Well, the *problem* with this part, and with a number of other programmable- > logic devices for that matter, is that the algorithm for converting circuit > to programming bits is secret. The software would improve if it had some > competition. > -- > 1961-1969: 8 years of Apollo. | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology > 1969-1989: 20 years of nothing.| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu AMD is just releasing their version of the LCA software. AMD is a second source for Xilinx parts and the AMD sales rep told me that their new software is NEW and is not a copy of the Xilinx software. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- John F. Snow UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!jsnow Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. or: uunet!utah-cs!esunix!jsnow Salt Lake City, Utah AppleLink PE: JohnSnow GEnie: J.SNOW2