[eagle] Re: Flash-Based Rad-Tolerant FPGAs

[Assi Friedman]

That is an apples to oranges comparison.

If you want to get a feel for the premium charged for rad tolerant/hard
devices you should compare the devices from the same family tree.
The commercial ProASIC3 device is about $200/unit.

When it comes to Xilinx parts, the premium from their commercial to the
space is just as obscene as Actel's.

Assi 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John B. Stephensen [mailto:kd6ozh at comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:03 PM
> To: Assi Friedman; 'Lyle Johnson'; k3io at verizon.net; 'EAGLE'
> Subject: Re: [eagle] Re: Flash-Based Rad-Tolerant FPGAs
> 
> Xilinx 500k gate devices are $22 in unit quantities plus $1 for the
> external
> flash memory so that's a 200:1 ratio for space-based versus earth-based
> hardware.
> 
> 73,
> 
> John
> KD6OZH
>