ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V

Re:ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V by gre on Saturday June 13, 2020 @08:34PM (#23514097)

How does it compare to the Arty A7 for $129?

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Re:ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V by jope12 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @10:50PM (#23514710)

The question is rather, How does it compare to the Qmtech Wukong board? And the answer is: you get way more bang for your buck with the Wukong board. No Symbiflow, though, if that's what you're after.

Link to board: https://aliexpress.com/item/4000170042795.html

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Re:ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V by madushan1000 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:35AM (#23516028)

I think prjxray + nextpnr has support for at least some of Artix7. Checkout https://github.com/daveshah1/nextpnr-xilinx/

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Re:ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V by lnsru on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:55AM (#23515653)

There is this mystical unit LUT, every manufacturer defines it a bit differently, but it’s ok to use it for comparison. Arty A7 has 35k of them, the cheapest board has 12k. Arty A7 is clear winner here. I think, Digilent has another cheaper Artix 7 board with 35k LUTs.

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