Showing posts with label xilinx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label xilinx. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Desirable Doodads

Wants:
It's an FPGA development board. I used to love this stuff in college; it'd be quite nice to have my own one to play with.

It's the time to buy one, of course. What with the anaemic dollar, it works out at less than 100 dollars. Hmm...

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Getting WAY too excited about FPGAs

From the Xilinx WebPack (the weirdly-named free version of their FPGA development environment):


Really, no-one should be that excited about a cheap FPGA. Especially not someone wearing a shirt and tie.

Actually, why do companies like Xilinx feel the need for this sort of ad at all? Potential customers will probably be doing their research, and are highly unlikely to be swayed by a crazy grinning blond guy.