Dear Dan, I think this is a good idea. I find that when asking for a small number of chips (2-4), my direct requests under the XUP program have worked out well; however, for requests for larger number of chips, I find the going much more difficult. Aggregating large requests under one umbrella should definitely help in this context.
Right now, we are processing an order for 16 Roach boards. From Digicom, we have quotes for both with and without the chips. It would be great if this requirement for 16 chips could be included in your aggregation. If the matter can be resolved before we place the final order with Digicom (which is likely to happen in the next couple of weeks), it will be of great help to our group ! Regards, --Yashwant. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Dan Werthimer <[email protected]>wrote: > > dear casper collaborators, > > our collaboration is growing and > xilinx requested we aggregate most of our donation > requests so xilinx doesn't have to process as many requests. > > instead of each university or organization requesting chips, > xilinx proposed they would give us a bulk donation of chips, > perhaps quarterly, for academic and research use (not to be > used by companies - companies must buy the chips). > boards would be built, hopefully ahead of time, > so boards would be more likely to be in stock. > this is similar to what xilinx does with the digilent > and netfpga programs. > > universities that need one or two chips would > receive them without going through the xilinx university program. > large requests would likely go to xilinx's university program, > as before. > > are you comfortable with this? suggestions? > > xilinx would like us to provide them with an estimate of the > casper collaboration's needs for the year, > for both small and large programs. > > can each casper institution please email me a list of the chips > you anticipate needing this year (calendar year 2010)? > > > 1) rough number of roach boards > rough date(s) needed > (rough expected number and > if it's very uncertain, rough maximum, minimum) > SX95T or LX110T? (most people use SX95T) > -1 or -2 speed grade? (most people use -1). > > > 2) number of iBOB boards? (expected number, and max/min) > rough date(s) needed > > > > Best Wishes, > > Dan > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Yashwant Gupta NCRA (TIFR) Pune University Campus Pune 41007 India ------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +91-20-2569-7107 Fax: +91-20-2569-2149 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Email : [email protected] [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------
