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[Bart]

Dear,

I'd like to learn developing HPC applications on FPGA platforms. Being a software developer, I suppose it is the easiest to start with a programming environement like Impulse C. I am, however, not sure about the FPGA development board that I should start with.

Can anyone make a reasonable suggestion?

Thanks,
Bart

[RalphBodenner]

Hi Bart,

HPC development platforms vary widely in price and capability, but you could start with a PC-connected board, such as the E-14 or E-16 from from Pico Computing (http://picocomputing.com/). These boards plug in to PC Card and ExpressCard slots, respectively, and use a Xilinx FPGA. The upcoming Version 3 release of our CoDeveloper product will include support for both boards (E-14 is supported today).

Another platform we support today is the XtremeData XD1000, a complete system which includes an Opteron CPU coupled to a large Altera FPGA using HyperTransport (http://www.xtremedatainc.com/).

We have a weekly web training session you are welcome to join, to learn more about Impulse C and HPC. Questions are encouraged during these sessions. See here for more details: http://impulsec.com/web_conference.htm

Regards,
Ralph

[Gus]

Dear All,

What about XtremeData XD2000? It´s planed to be supported?
Anybody has made something with that platform? any experience and or opinions?

Kind Regards, Gus

[Impulse Support]

Hello Gus,

Yes, we are supporting the XD2000F and XD2000i. If you email our sales and support team, we can provide more details about the support of this platform.