17 Apr
2011
17 Apr
'11
4:26 p.m.
On 17 Apr 2011 at 23:47, Philip Pemberton wrote:
Dare I ask if you're referring to Xilinx's
"wonderful" ISE Design
System?
You'll only need one guess to figure out why I
prefer the Altera
chips, despite their little quirks. I love the direct-drive LVDS
transceivers on Xilinx chips, but I can live with the three-resistor
driver on the Altera chips...
Actually, the last time I installed Xilinx ISE, it took me about 3
tries to get it to install on Windows (finally got it to fly with a
fresh Windows OS install). On Linux, it just installed and worked
the first time (Ubuntu--and Ubuntu's not even mentioned as one of the
supported distros).
Quartus has never failed to install for me on either platform.
I like Xilinx 5V XC95xx CPLDs--you just seem to get more efficient
usage than say the Altera MAX7000S series. Of couse, these are old
technologies, but then, this is a list for old stuff, isn't it?
--Chuck