Is there much difference between a spartan 2 and 3 if its for relativel
small projects? Is a virtex product a major step up?
Secondly is 200K gates very small for a fpga? I know you coul implement alot in 200K on an ASIC - but i persume its a completel different story with an fpga
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"Gates" is largely a meaningless number for FPGAs. A "200,000 gate" Spartan device is, however, enough to implement a pretty sophisticated project including several microcontroller cores.
FPGAs range anywhere from "15,000 gates" (400-ish LUTs) to tens of millions; price varies accordingly from single to four (or five?) digit numbers in U.S. dollars.
-hpa
"Gates" is largely a meaningless number for FPGAs. A "200,000 gate" Spartan device is, however, enough to implement a pretty sophisticated project including several microcontroller cores.
FPGAs range anywhere from "15,000 gates" (400-ish LUTs) to tens of millions; price varies accordingly from single to four (or five?) digit numbers in U.S. dollars.
-hpa
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