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Re: Update on Carte Blanche status.

In article <h6scnm$2lt2$1@adenine.netfront.net>,
 Alex Freed <alex_news@mirrow.com> wrote:

> John B. Matthews wrote:
> > 
> >> So, a PC would have to be involved somehow to generate your 
> >> personalities, at least. (And, by PC, I mean Wintel, although it 
> >> could be a Mac running Boot Camp, Parallels, or VMware Fusion...)
> > 
> > Can you elaborate on this? What design tool is used? Are it's files 
> > interoperable with any tools for other platforms, e.g. Mac or 
> > Linux?
> 
> I use the native Xilinx (free) tools - ISE web edition. ISE runs 
> under Windows or Linux. One can use other synthesizers but they all 
> require Xilinx PAR in the end - for example Altium Designer.

Excellent! I've had positive experiences running Ubuntu, Fedora and 
CentOS on Intel Macs, as well as under VirtualBox or Parallels on Mac 
OS X. It looks like the ISE Suite might run under CentOS, a RedHat EL 
based distribution:

<http://www.xilinx.com/ise/ossupport/index.htm>

Windows runs on Macs, but it's resource intensive, a frequent security 
target, and kinda pricey at retail. :-)

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>