On 1/19/07, Koen De Vleeschauwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 07:55:16AM -0800, Patrick McNamara wrote: > I don't know how to translate the Altera specs to compare to Xilinx specs, but the Altera FPGA on that card is an upper mid-range Cyclone II device, certainly not the top of line for the family. > > Patrick M > OGD1 has a large FPGA and a large amount of memory on-board, but that's not because our prospective customers need it: it's because _we_ need it to prototype our next video card.
Yeah, but this could be one of those "better value" deals. Someone may not think they need all of that right NOW, but currency-unit for currency-unit, they're getting a better deal with OGD1, and they're future-proofed against any other designs they may come up with later. Also, if we manage to market better, who cares. VHS wasn't as good as BETA (at the time), but it was an open standard, cheaper, and marketed better. If our product is more visible than theirs, we'll sell more than they will. We can also play the support angle. If we manage to develop tools that aid people in the development process, programming the device, debugging, and community assistance, there's no way the competition can keep up. Mind you, if someone's got one of the competition's boards, but they want to develop a Free Design, we'll still be willing to help... just not as readily. :) -- Timothy Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
