Post B6WVDFsWdsrVqyyUam by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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 (DIR) Post #B6WVDFTi890qc1Mfui by WillFlux@mastodon.social
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       AMD (Xilinx) are no longer supporting Linux in the free version of #Vivado. You need to pay at least $1200/year! https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adaptive-socs-and-fpgas/vivado/vivado-licensing-options.htmlThis makes no sense to me. This will make it harder for people to learn and get into #FPGA. 🤔
       
 (DIR) Post #B6WVDFhtHQM5K00012 by WillFlux@mastodon.social
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       All recent dev teams I've worked with in hardware and software have been Linux/Mac. AMD should be releasing a free version of #Vivado for Linux and macOS.Imagine if AMD charged $1000+ to compile software on Linux.The only people hurt are hobbyists and the future of #FPGA outside big enterprises.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6WVDFsWdsrVqyyUam by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @WillFluxMaybe they realize that decent dev teams use Linux/Mac and they think those can pay, while the free version is for EE students who use Windows?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6WVDIGhkxOLGYIpYe by WillFlux@mastodon.social
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       Contrast this with AMD's approach to GPU. ROCm is not only free on Linux, it's increasingly open source, even though it's targeting professional GPU compute users. https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-rocprof-trace-decoder