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Old 02-15-2011, 11:34 PM   #23
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Don't forget that a Xilinx Spartan-n Field Programmable Gate Array is a standard component, off the rack, and still fairly low power. Then it's just a Simple Matter Of Programming snort: An excellent device for prototyping stuff, building one to thousands...
I was just reading an article on EETimes where Xilinx CTO Ivo Bolsens was talking about FPGAs as integral parts of an SoC strategy.

Of course, "Simple" in Simple Matter Of Programming is relative.

But yeah, off the rack, though I don't see Bookeen using it as a video controller.
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