Re: cPLDs and FPGAs we've known and loved (or hated)

Un bel giorno Frank Buss digitò:

The bigger issue with FPGAs of interesting sizes (300k and more) is that
either they aren't available at all, or you are required to buy a truckload
of them. There is no way to find a distributor willing to give you sampling
quantities (1-3 pieces at a time); they just apply the same logic of the
other components, no matter if they are 555 or a two-million gates, 1k$
FPGA.

Which parts do you mean?

Mostly Xilinx. On occasions, Actel.

Most Altera parts are orderable at the Altera
online shop in single units, even the really fat ones, like Stratix, same
at Digikey.

I'm considering to switch from X to A from a while. For "historic" reasons
I'm bound to Xilinx, but it's becoming too difficult (or I might say
exhausting) to get their new devices. Probably a drastic change would still
cost me less than to stay with X.

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