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Re:Reverse-engineering FPGAs [video] by loup-vaillant on Friday January 19, 2018 @11:53AM (#16187657)
> The only reason [bitstream formats] aren't revealed more often is for legal, not technical reasons

Any idea what these reasons might be? I mean, it's the vendor's format, why couldn't they reveal it?

Re:Reverse-engineering FPGAs [video] by monocasa on Friday January 19, 2018 @02:16PM (#16188872)
I think he's saying that the vendors will sue you.

All of that being said, what bits are what mux and what LUT in the bitstream is only a small piece. All of the information needed for timing is the hard part.