[Beowulf] Re: "hobbyists"

Jim Lux James.P.Lux at jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Jun 19 13:45:40 PDT 2008


At 01:02 PM 6/19/2008, James Cownie wrote:
>Returning the thread slightly nearer its original topic, I'm 
>surprised that no one mentioned this...
>
><http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/open-source-ogd1-graphics-card-up-for-pre-order/>http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/open-source-ogd1-graphics-card-up-for-pre-order/
>
>as a good place for hobbyists who want to play with FPGAs for calculation.
>
>--

Indeed..

There's also a variety of eval cards from the manufacturers in this 
sort of around a kilobuck price range.

Xilinx has a Spartan-3 PCIe with the XC3S1000 part (1/4 size of the 
one on the card above) for $350










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