Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Eugene Anikin <> | | Subject | Re: GNU hardware (was: I2O thread) | | Date | Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:10:15 -0700 (PDT) |
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Someday Alan wrote: > > Forget it. We already had several groups trying to create free hardware > > platforms. Few of them ever produced something usefull. > > Probably the only non 8bit was the NS32016 based box with free schematics etc. > Nowdays its even less feasible. You need a good million dollars plus to lay > out build, case, approval pass and ship a system. > > Alan >
Hmmm. Actually some of us work for CAD companies (I've seen Linux users from Synopsys, Cadence and friends) I personally don't consider layout and verification such a big problem. I don't think that company management would mind if quality control group would use some huge cores from GNU project to test place'n'route and verification tools. I believe they would even like it -- no NDA's to sign :-). Side effect - we get layout for free :-). The only problem - we need enough people who know Verilog (VHDL) and are willing to contribute some of their free time to this project.
Eugene
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