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Xilinx Spartan Chipset for DVD

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Anyone has an idea the performance of this chipset on a DVD player? Reason being the Esoteric DV-30 /w DVI looks to use this for its video section

Re: Xilinx Spartan Chipset for DVD - House de Kris 13:46:25 11/14/03 (0)
Xilinx Spartan series chips are just FPGAs. Which means they do nothing on their own, until they are programmed. So the function can be just about anything. This particular unit, the XC2S200, is a 200,000 gate device. This is a Spartan 2 device. Xilinx is currently touting the Spartan 3 series as being the latest greatest (with up to 1million gates). So, obviously, this DV-03 is way outdated, I would avoid it and wait for something a bit more modern.
Wadia uses Xilinx chips. - Joe Murphy Jr 21:10:02 11/13/03 (0)
Don't know what they bring to the video table, though.

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