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Re: gEDA-user: random project idea



Steve -

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:27:28AM -0700, Steve Meier wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:20 -0700, Larry Doolittle wrote:
> > OK.  Just be sure to give the FPGA direct access (via PHY) to
> > Ethernet.  The same concept also applies to network performance.
> > I'd venture to say you want four RJ-45's: two for the traditional
> > microprocessor and two for the FPGA.
> 
> Good idea add to that taking advantage of the optical networking
> capabilities of the fpgas.

If you're willing to make the jump from $30 to $300 FPGAs,
that is.  The cheap ones don't have the high speed serial
capability.

   - Larry


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