On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:01:18AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 3/4/07, Brian Padalino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >With regards to the PCIe interface, were you looking more at just > >getting a PHY transceiver and putting the MAC and other layers in the > >FPGA, or were you more interested in having a PCIe bridge chip that > >handles all of that for you? > > > >I know Philips and TI have PCIe transceivers which work with Xilinx > >and Altera IP for the MAC layer, but what I really found interesting > >was a PCIe bridge chip from PLX technologies. It's a relatively hefty > >BGA, but if you can place it properly the chip could really be a huge > >help. No NDA's are required and the information can be found here. > > > > http://www.plxtech.com/products/expresslane/pex8311.asp > > > >Do you have a place where you are hosting your thoughts/ideas on the > >subject, or just some e-mail threads? > > > >Brian > > It's a very nice chip, but it appears to be very expensive at $38... =( > TI's costs $7, which is quite affordable. > > I'm not sure how to address the IP core issue yet.
That's what the $38 is buying you ;) > The Open Graphics project will have to deal with it sooner or later, > but I hope we will coordinate efforts. I told them what I had > discovered so far, but I'll have to see how that discussion turns > out before I can say if it'll be any help. If you know anything > about the problems I need to solve, I'd love to hear about it. :) Eric _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
