Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270976AbUJVKQ6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:16:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270979AbUJVKQ6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:16:58 -0400 Received: from mail4.worldserver.net ([217.13.200.24]:57577 "EHLO mail4.worldserver.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270976AbUJVKQv (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:16:51 -0400 X-Speedbone-MailScanner-Mail-From: christian@leber.de via mail4.worldserver.net X-Speedbone-MailScanner: 1.23st (Clear:RC:1(80.140.54.66):. Processed in 0.03047 secs Process 18386) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:16:48 +0200 From: Christian Leber To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Message-ID: <20041022101648.GA4287@core.home> References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <4177CBD5.2030003@techsource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4177CBD5.2030003@techsource.com> X-Accept-Language: de en X-Location: Europe, Germany, Mannheim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux (sid) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 752 Lines: 23 On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:46:45AM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote: > I've just had a discussion with our senior ASIC designer, and we came up > with ball-park numbers for the cost of a first run of boards in a > quantity of 1000. > > FPGA Anywhere from $50 to $500, depending on logic area About what FPGA are you thinking? And you have to add the cost for PCI express support... will PCI express even work on such a small FPGA? Regards Christian Leber -- http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/