[email protected] wrote: > Fusion can't reprogram itself because the CPU core is part of the array > and it would be flushing itself, partial reconfiguration is not possible > with Actel (though some parts like Flash data blocks can be selected) > > SmartFusion has a separate "hard" processor so it is probably possible > that the chip can reflash its logic array itself. I have not looked at > the datasheet.
IIRC SmartFusion can reprogram logic from logic, but not from the Cortex-M3. > it takes a lot of time (30s ?) to reprogram the array (depends on > the size) so adaptative computing is not possible. Oh I wouldn't say that. For some applications that is not a very long time, if reconfiguration can be done reliably. For others, it's useless of course. > I am sticking to Actel for several reasons but Lattice has > interesting parts as well :-) I'm also an Actel fan. I have some Altera and Xilinx parts too, for some things, but I appreciate the niche that Actel fills. Haven't used Lattice, but their free (really, both as in beer and speech) softcore looks nice! //Peter _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
