Antti wrote:
> Hi
>
> with Virtex-4 I did a bad decision, namly I ordered the first board
> announced as available what was the Avnet-LX25 board. Avnet shipment
> delayed so much that at the time board was actually delivered other
> boards with better value for money had been available for some time
> already. I dont wanna make the same bad choice again by ordering the
> first available Virtex-5 board. But the information about real
> availability isnt much better then it was at the times Virtex-4 did
> come to the real world customers.
But the Avnet-LX25 is not that bad. It was late, but it is nice ...
> 1) Xilinx online shop says that V5-AFX boards will become available
> June 2006. June 2006 is way past.
> 2) Xilinx eval board matrix document for Q2 2006 has a picture of
> ML501. We are now living mid Q3 2006.
Just remember, how much later the spartan 3e board came.
So, I would expect the same for a ml501