[Cryptech Tech] goals / use cases

[Joachim Strömbergson]

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Aloha!

Joachim Strömbergson wrote:
> I would like to aim for the Cyclone 5GX-7C device. The reason is that
> we (and anybody that wants to build our design) can use the tools
> available at no monetary cost. For the C9 device Quartus costs 2 kUSD
> for a Windows license and 4 kUSD for a Linux version. I think that
> will be much more problematic.

If we look at Xilinx, the biggest Spartan6 supported by the no-cost ISE
version is the SLX75 device, which is about 2x bigger that the device on
the Novena. Or basically the same size as the Cyclone C5GC7.

There are also versions of Virtex5 and Virtex6 from Xilinx with the same
capacities that can be target devices with ne no-cost versions of the
tool. I suspect that these devices cost a wee bit more than the Spartan6.

I suggest that right now we have Altera Cyclone 5GC7 as our target
device for the alpha board, but should do some better estimates on
resouces needs as soon as we know what functionality we need in the FPGA.

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Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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 Joachim Strömbergson          Secworks AB          joachim at secworks.se
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