Hi,
we are starting a project in our group porting several CPU intensive but simple apps to FPGA platform. We have selected PCI as a way to communicate with a host PC. We have some experience programming FPGAs but not PCI-based (need PCI now due to data transfer speed requirements).
I would be very grateful if someone can answer the folowing for us:
- What PCI boards you would recommend containing 2-4M total gates and
32MB+ of on-board RAM? We have looked at a couple of development kits from Altera and Xilinx and they all run over $2,000. Is there anything cheaper?
- Do we have to buy a license to PCI core in order to use the board? I mean we are not going to modify any of the PCI interface functions. For all we care, PCI could have been implemented in a dedicated chip on our dev boards...
Thanks all in advance for your responses!
Valery.