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Posted at 10:36 am by svenand
 | | | svenand
March 23, 2009 10:43 PM PDT
I have used VMware and Ubuntu Linux for running Xilinx ISE and XPS software. You can find out more by reading the "FPGA design from scratch" story. The programming via JTAG was the biggest hurdle. See part 25 for more information. | |
| | | Edgardo
March 16, 2009 07:07 AM PDT
Hello,
i used to be a Mac User a long time ago (when the iMac came to life). in 2004 i had to switch back to Pc due to my studies/job. Since 2007 i have been working a little with Xilinx FPGAs (mostly spartan 3 with simple IP-Cores).
Now that macs are intel-based, and Parallels and Fusion seems to be working fine, i was considering going back to the sweetest platform i have ever used.
I wonder how is ISE working on your mac. I know ISE is a Resource Hog. It can easily consume all CPU and Memory when it starts syntethizing and mapping.
Im also looking foward to use a Virtex II Pro with Microblaze, so i wonder if the Synthesys takes to long.
I was planning to buy a Mac Mini, and max out the ram (4GB). Are you using VMWare fusion or parallels? have you tried both? which one do you think is better.
At last but not at least... i use an Avnet Spartan 3E kit , and Xilinx XUP kit. Both use a Cypress USB chip to do the programming. I have to use a 3rd party app to program the system flash or the fpga via jtag.
What are you using to download your designs to the kit? does it work right out of the box with windows?
Great blog. | |
| | | svenand
July 12, 2007 05:38 PM PDT
That is my Xilinx FPGA evaluation board. To find out more read "FPGA design from scratch" | |
| | | MacPie
July 10, 2007 11:12 AM PDT
Nice Setup..... I'm planning to buy one of these displays with mac mini soon. Currently I have Macbook pro 17" 2.33 GHz.
BTW.... what that chip with white cable is for?
Great website & keep up. | |
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It was a great machine. I used it for everything, playing games like Pacman and Tetris, writing all my documents and organizing the house association. To find out more about the Apple and Macintosh history go to 
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