Graphics card launched for FPGA fiddlers
22 May 2008 | 13:07 BST
$1500 gets you a non-working graphics board
THOSE OF YOU WHO get your kicks footling about in the innards of your computers will be delighted to hear of the impending arrival of the Traversal Technology OGD1.
And if field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) float your boat then you should truly be in hog heaven.
The card, which was designed in collaboration with the Open Graphics Project, is sold as a blank, containing only basic diagnostic tools, so only those with advanced HDL programming and FPGA logic design skills need apply.
THe OGD1 Revision B OGD1P-256DDAV; AS-000-0002 (to give it its full and very sexy name) will be available in limited numbers for $1500 soon, but if you pre-order now you'll get a $100 discount.
Go on. Go and get your credit card! µ
L'Inq
Traversal
Technology
Features:
S-Video and composite video outputs
1 RGB analog video output (max resolution:2048x1536@70Hz)
2 DVI dual link video outputs (max resolution: 2560x1600@60Hz)
66 user I/O signals on a 92-pin Hirose connector
68 user I/O signals on an available 100-pin IDC connector
128 bit memory bus
Free Hardware Design (schematics)
Active Community Support
Free Design PCI core
RoHs Compliant
Passive Cooling
Tech Spec:
PCI/PCI-X (33/64-bit, 33-133MHz) card edge
256 MiB DDR400 (200Mhz) graphics memory
Lattice® LFXP10 non-volatile FPGA (data sheet)
Xilinx® Spartan™-III XC3S4000 FPGA (data sheet)
4 Silicon Image™ SiI178 Dual Link DVI Transmitters
Philips TDA8777 Triple 330Mhz 10-bit video DAC (data sheet)
Conexant™ CX25874 Video Encoder
Dimensions: 6.875in x 4.2in
Power Consumption: ~20 watts
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