[Cryptech Core] conversation with bitsim

[Randy Bush]

> Pavel, Joachim and I think we can actually make the schematics for the
> Alpha ourselves, after the move to the ARM M4.
> 
> We said in Stockholm that I would make a small "bridge board" to
> connect one of the M4 mcu:s to the FPGA on the Novena, for FMC
> interface development.  Pavel made the suggestion that once we have
> that board, he can add an Artix-7 FPGA (with required power etc.) to
> the schematics and then we can get a PCB layout made from these
> schematics.

i support this path.  except i would rather not lean too much on
joachim, who is the critical verilog path.

Joachim Strömbergson wrote:
> For me, the big question becomes who will then do the layout and
> ensure that we establish that relation soonish.

pavel's friends

randy