It's about time: Xilinx FPGA with embedded ARM cpu

http://www.xilinx.com/technology/roadmap/processing-platform...

Here's a link to Xilinx where they talk more about this. It still baffles me that news outlets can't figure out what bloggers have known since day one: Link to the relevant parties.

I agree, but consider that MSM journalists are probably writing stories based on embargoed press releases, so the relevant Web sites are not available when the stories are written.

A big problem with Xilinx/Altera FPGAs is how closed and expensive developing for them can be.

I still shiver when I think about the times I spent with WebPack.

A bigger problem is how awful the development tools are.

I still prefer a Xilinx FPGA embedded in a Cray XD1! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray_XD1

They've been doing this with PowerPC CPUs for a while now.

I haven't seen any with PowerPC processors nearly as fancy as the dual-core 800 MHz Cortex-A9 they're putting in these new FPGAs, though. The fact that they're building the whole thing in 28 nm technology also kicks ass. This thing is a beast.