>>>> "woodelf" == woodelf
<bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> writes: 
 woodelf> I grumble that the FPGA's now days have built in hardware
 woodelf> features that hide real logic slowdowns like external memory
 woodelf> or slow ripple carry.
Not if you connect them to real external memory -- which still is much
slower than the logic, just as it has been for the past 40 years or
more.
        paul