[Lancelot] Stratix III

[H. Peter Anvin]

Tommy Thorn wrote:
> 
> EETimes' cover story is on the Stratix-III and a story about Altera that 
> explains why things improved so rapidly for them in recent years: 
> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BSCACQMDTXWG2QSNDLSCKHA?articleID=193501721 
> 
> Listning to various EEs I get the feeling that is Altera is 
> under-appreciated and there is a lot of inertia to be overcome.
> 

It's a lot like AMD versus Intel; AMD was definitely underappreciated 
until Intel started actively blowing it and there was no alternative.

I hope they come up with a GX-capable HardCopy soon.  HardCopy is just 
freggin' impressive; it enables a whole new kind of flow.  Cyclone II 
has pushed FPGAs in a price band where they have never been before (and 
forced Xilinx to follow.)

	-hpa