On Apr 8, 2011, at 3:23 AM, Mike Harrison wrote:

>> how much would a really high end FPGA cost?

I have some "found" chips that are probably Xilinx XCV1600E-8FG1156C =20
FPGAs (that doesn't match the packaging exactly, and I'm not willing =20
to open the sealed packet to see what's on the chips.)
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=3DXCV1600E=
-8FG1156C-ND
2 million gates, 1156 balls (pins), worth nearly $4000 each, according =20
to digikey.

Useless bits of trash; apparently.  I tried to find a home for them =20
(near where they were "found") and was told approximately: 0) they =20
only cost us about $800.  1) we can't transfer them from "found" to =20
"production use" anyway.  2) they're obsolete, and so of no use on the =20
development side of things.  3) Approximately equivalent current-=20
generation chips are MUCH cheaper.  And *I* certainly can't use them.  =20
1156 balls!  OMG!

Sigh.
BillW

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