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Re:Xilinx Vitis and Vitis AI Software Development Platforms by 8note on Friday October 04, 2019 @04:38PM (#21161691)
I've always imagined they have a good quality version for military applications, and the bad stuff for everyone else
Re:Xilinx Vitis and Vitis AI Software Development Platforms by AWildC182 on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:04PM (#21162301)
Most of the development is for the military. It gets farmed to contractors who use all the same stuff you have access to, just typically several years out of date.

The ability to fully enumerate and simulate every part of the design gives them a huge hardon even though stuff frequently passes simulation and fails on the silicon. It's very common to see FPGAs in nuclear, military RF, and aerospace applications.

Re:Xilinx Vitis and Vitis AI Software Development Platforms by tfmkevin on Friday October 04, 2019 @07:53PM (#21162881)
There are no separate tools for military use. And, the mil/aero versions of the chips are usually a generation or two behind because of the extra work to make them high-reliability, produce the required documentation, etc.