Sparan S3E availability update

Hi Antti,

It looks like Steven Knapp have been very busy lately!

Luiz Carlos

schrieb im Newsbeitrag news: snipped-for-privacy@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

you mean so busy that not updating the availability info?

my bet so far was S3E general availabiliy : september 2005 or later.

it looks like my guess may have been more correct than the promises made by Xilinx employees.

hm...

Antti PS I have some background info about some S3E silicon been shipped to some small companies. but that doesnt mean that threre is general availability as was indicated by Xilinx for mid July 2005.

I mean I haven't seen him posting anything for awhile. Maybe he is now "Steven Kidnaped". :)

I also want to know when the chips will be out, and how much will they cost. I have a project that will be in production by the year end.

Luiz Carlos

schrieb im Newsbeitrag news: snipped-for-privacy@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...

Yes Steven Knapp seems to be on vaccation or kidnapped he has not also been replying to personal emails.

The pricing is (or will be) a little below S3 pricing, but that depends on the chip density and package type combination. In some cases S3 may be cheaper. But OTOH there is NO price roadmap for S3 at all, for any queries about S3 prices Xilinx suggests using S3E !

For 'production' by the end of the year, you should place full volume orders NOW. Do not delay. I think depending the size-package combination you may be able to use S3E already /(by the very end of the year), but you need to get FULL confirmation of the delivery from Xilinx before decision.

Antti

I have it from the man himself: Steve Knapp has not been kidnapped. He is not even on vacation, he is at work here at Xilinx. He encountered problems in accessing the newsgroup, probably due to a paranoid firewall.

I suggested to him my solution, use google:

Peter Alfke

Hi Antti,

Thanks for the advice.

Luiz Carlos

P.S. Your "OTOH" took me some time to decode!