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A Generic PCI Based FPGA Coprocessor? 34

graveyhead asks: "Inspired by a recent Slashdot article, I came across this fantastic package from the fine students in the Configurable Computing Laboratory at BYU: JHDL, which is a set of open source FPGA CAD tools. I am writing a proposal for a prototype system and I have a requirement for a 32 or 64 bit PCI card compatible with JHDL. I do not require any IP cores (which Xilinx seems to want to sell me hundreds of 'em), since our project uses its own custom cores. Also, I will not be building additional hardware around the FPGA processor, so the package needs to be fully self-contained. I simply need the ability to use JHDL to program the FPGA device over PCI under Linux, execute my circuit with parameterized values, and return the result. I found these boards, but I'm not sure which is appropriate or compatible, or if there are better alternatives that I am not finding in a similar price range (up to USD2000). Preferably, I want a chip with lots (1-10M+) of programmable gates."
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A Generic PCI Based FPGA Coprocessor?

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  • by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 26, 2003 @07:57PM (#5816811)
    which Xilinx seems to want to sell me hundreds of 'em

    'Hi, I'm going into a for profit business. Could you Slashdoters please give me some free advice?'

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