Xilinx has PCI cores.  In fact we have even written our own.  Of course, its
in a virtex part.  He didn't say he wanted the PCI bus, so if running ISA,
it ought to be fast enough.  I'm running 100MHz FIFO's and state machines in
SpartanXL parts right now.



I would not use an FPGA! infact it is too slow to connect to a PCI bus and
performa all the stuff that you may want (Need more infomation before I can
fully clarify that one) You may bee better off with a GA as they are faster
(Try to get an FPGA to do a SONET interface to a PCI bus!) You may have to
hand craft the thingo to get it to work (FPGA) this will introduce another
set of problems.

----- True...cant argue that one!!!

As for RAM, YEP can do Look at the ProASIC 500K series from Actel, it has
up to 138kbits (A bit on the taki side as they are a new release). But you
will find that all the manufacturers include embedded logic or RAM.

Dennis


Good point.  Thats the great thing about this list...we all have our own
experiances and viewpoints, and willing to share them, and allows us to help
make up our mind on how to attack and solve problems.