Re: [casper] xilinx donations, please send list of chips needed

2010-02-16 Thread Francois Kapp
Hi Dan, In response to your request - we have just received word that we have been allocated some chips for ROACH - they are SX95 -1's. They should be on their way to Digi-com soon. I won't be greedy and ask for more... We will of course need devices for ROACH2 prototypes and there we need some

Re: [casper] xilinx donations, please send list of chips needed

2010-02-16 Thread Dan Werthimer
Hi Yashwant, I hope to hear from all CASPER institutions this week about their anticipated Xilinx chip needs for the next year, for both large and small quantities, (rough numbers are fine) and when they might need these chips. I will aggregate this information and provide it to Xilinx, includ

Re: [casper] xilinx donations, please send list of chips needed

2010-02-16 Thread Yashwant Gupta
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

[casper] xilinx donations, please send list of chips needed

2010-02-16 Thread Dan Werthimer
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, p