On Jun 28, 4:45*pm, james <geo...@washington.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:42:25 -0700 (PDT),
>
> "Antti.Luk...@googlemail.com" <Antti.Luk...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> |On Jun 28, 3:42*pm, CMOS <manusha1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> |> hi,
> |> im plannining to buy a vertex 2 based FPGA board. this is the link.
> |>
> |>http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/...2,400,453&Prod....
> |>
> |> does this board worthy for the price of $299?
> |>
> |> CMOS
> |
> |absolutly, if you get it for $299!
> |
> |too bad Xilinx is no longer supporting Virtex-II with their ISE
> |
> |ISE 10.1 is the last version that offered V-II support,
> |
> |Antti
> |==========
>
> $299 is the acedemic pricing.
>
> james

I really wish more companies didn't specifically target "academic",
and would offer a more broad "non-industrial" price. I'm not in
college anymore, but I still try to keep my skills honed at home -
thus, I don't have a student ID, but I still consider myself to be a
"student".