Xilinx Series 7 device availability

I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but have
recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone else
have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these parts?

Thanks.

I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but have
recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone
else have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these
parts?

Thanks.

"Roger" <rogerwilson_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but
have recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does
anyone else have any information as to when I'll be able to actually
buy these parts?

Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. It's certainly depressing given all the hype
surrounding Series 7. It sounds to me like they've had some problems
with the design or manufacture.

Rog.

I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but have
recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone
else have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these
parts?

Thanks.

Roger, FPGA companies always announce new releases a few years before you
will be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 series
devices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell you
that you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!

Jon

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"maxascent" <maxascent_at_n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

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Roger, FPGA companies always announce new releases a few years before you
will be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 series
devices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell you
that you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!

Jon

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Point taken. I'm aware of the "vapourware" problem but just wanted an
official timescale of availability rather than us poor old customers having
to guess.

Rog.

On Sep 3, 7:07 am, "Roger" <rogerwil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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Roger, FPGA companies always announce new releases a few years before
you
will be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 series
devices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell you
that you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!

Jon

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Point taken. I'm aware of the "vapourware" problem but just wanted an
official timescale of availability rather than us poor old customers
having
to guess.

Rog.

You won't get the "official" timescale here. One of the reasons for
early announcement
is to gauge the interest in new products. So Xilinx wants you to
contact your local
sales rep and tell them about yourself and why you want virtex 7
parts. Those reps
will come visit you with a laptop full of powerpoint slides showing
the upcoming
parts as a nebulous blob on a timescale vaguely marked in "quarters".
You still
won't know when you will get your hands on one, but Xilinx will know
you're interested.

Where I work, we don't design with any parts until we have verified
that we can get
them by actually placing an order for sample quantities.

Regards,
Gabor