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Old 08-20-2006, 02:11 PM
Antti
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Default Xilinx ML501 availability

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.

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.

Is that all the info about Virtex-5 board availability? My guess is
that this time the best board (best price-performance) and first board
available will be from Xilinx, so I will not go running to buy some 3rd
party board before ML501 availability is known - but WHEN !?

Antti

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Old 08-20-2006, 04:12 PM
emu
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Default Re: Xilinx ML501 availability

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

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Old 08-23-2006, 08:31 PM
Ed McGettigan
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Default Re: Xilinx ML501 availability

Antti wrote:
>
> Is that all the info about Virtex-5 board availability? My guess is
> that this time the best board (best price-performance) and first board
> available will be from Xilinx, so I will not go running to buy some 3rd
> party board before ML501 availability is known - but WHEN !?


We have hundreds of these going through production builds right now and
they will be available for sale in September.

Ed McGettigan
--
Xilinx Inc.
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Old 08-23-2006, 09:53 PM
Antti Lukats
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Default Re: Xilinx ML501 availability

"Ed McGettigan" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[email protected]...
> Antti wrote:
>>
>> Is that all the info about Virtex-5 board availability? My guess is
>> that this time the best board (best price-performance) and first board
>> available will be from Xilinx, so I will not go running to buy some 3rd
>> party board before ML501 availability is known - but WHEN !?

>
> We have hundreds of these going through production builds right now and
> they will be available for sale in September.
>
> Ed McGettigan
> --
> Xilinx Inc.


Thanks for update!

looks like nice board

Antti


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Old 08-24-2006, 05:43 AM
Tommy Thorn
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Default Re: Xilinx ML501 availability

Ed McGettigan wrote:
> We have hundreds of these going through production builds right now and
> they will be available for sale in September.


Thanks Ed.

Can you say if these are "Cinderella boards", that is, if the design
software magically stops working after some period or will the Virtex-5
XC5VLX50 be supported by the ISE WebPACK before that happens?

Thanks,
Tommy
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