Sorry for not trimming. How much cheaper are equivalent current generation chips? Also, would you guys recommend the papilio 250K board? Or would you guys recommend another? On Saturday, April 9, 2011, William "Chops" Westfield wrot= e: > > 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 > FPGAs (that doesn't match the packaging exactly, and I'm not willing > to open the sealed packet to see what's on the chips.) > http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=3DXCV160= 0E-8FG1156C-ND > 2 million gates, 1156 balls (pins), worth nearly $4000 each, according > to digikey. > > Useless bits of trash; apparently. =A0I tried to find a home for them > (near where they were "found") and was told approximately: 0) they > only cost us about $800. =A01) we can't transfer them from "found" to > "production use" anyway. =A02) they're obsolete, and so of no use on the > development side of things. =A03) Approximately equivalent current- > generation chips are MUCH cheaper. =A0And *I* certainly can't use them. > 1156 balls! =A0OMG! > > Sigh. > BillW > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .