[Lancelot] Stratix III
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Thu Nov 9 11:29:32 PST 2006
Tommy Thorn wrote:
>
> I asked them, but haven't heard a reply yet. If they aren't doing it, I
> could probably manage a small scale production myself.
>
Yeah, I've looked at small scale production for a few things in the
past; it gets fairly expensive if you can't get the run size up, though,
so it becomes a matter of getting the word out so you get the run size up.
> 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.
Agreed. Looks like we won't see Stratix III design kits until 2H07, though.
-hpa
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