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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there an open-source FPGA? by orndorffgrant on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:06AM (#23499340)
That would certainly be a concern. I'm unfamiliar with the details of how patents work, but there are other companies producing FPGAs aside from Xilinx, so it must be possible to create an FPGA without violating the patents, right?
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