[hpsdr] OT..FPGA in Forbes Magazine

[Bill Tracey]

For those interested in reading the article: 
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0524/technology-pico-computing-codebreaking-chips.html 


Nice article that  does point out the cool thing about FPGAs - you 
can make 'em do exactly what  you want in hardware at great speed 
compared to general purpose computers.

Bill


At 04:53 PM 5/25/2010, lstoskopf at cox.net wrote:
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>Forbes magazine, May 24, pp. 32 has an interesting article, Silicon 
>Safecracker, discussing use of FPGAs to crack very secure 
>codes.  Mainly about a Seattle company, Pico Computing.  Makes me 
>appreciate those FPGA mavens on the list.  But what I really want is 
>the knob in the picture that hooks right on the LCD screen!
>
>N0UU



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