I thought that the Series 7 devices would be
available in Q1 2011 but have 
recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone else 
have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these parts?

Thanks. 

I think you should forget about the 7 devices for
the moment, after all theSpartan/Virtex 6 devices are only just becoming available.

Jon	   
					
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On Aug 31, 7:07=A0pm, "Roger"
<rogerwil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but hav=
e
> recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone el=
se
> have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these parts?
>
> Thanks.

I was told that limited production would be available starting Q2 '11,
meaning probably only one of each of families.  I don't think full
production will be until 2012, which isn't too far off what you've
heard.

"Roger" <r...@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:x...@brightview.co.uk...
> I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but have 
> recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone 
> else have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these 
> parts?
>
> Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. It's certainly depressing given all the hype 
surrounding Series 7. It sounds to me like they've had some problems with 
the design or manufacture.

Rog. 

On 09/02/2010 05:20 AM, Roger wrote:
>
>
> "Roger" <r...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:x...@brightview.co.uk...
>> I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but
>> have recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does
>> anyone else have any information as to when I'll be able to actually
>> buy these parts?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. It's certainly depressing given all the hype
> surrounding Series 7. It sounds to me like they've had some problems
> with the design or manufacture.
>
> Rog.

It sounds to me like this is par for the course.

"Roger" <r...@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:x...@brightview.co.uk...
> I thought that the Series 7 devices would be available in Q1 2011 but have 
> recently heard they'll be badly delayed until at least Q3. Does anyone 
> else have any information as to when I'll be able to actually buy these 
> parts?
>
> Thanks.

Is there anyone from Xilinx who can put the record straight on this subject 
for us all please?

Rog. 

Roger, FPGA companies always announce new
releases a few years before youwill be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 seriesdevices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell youthat you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!

Jon	   
					
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"maxascent" <maxascent@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
message 
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> Roger, FPGA companies always announce new releases a few years before you
> will be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 series
> devices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell you
> that you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!
>
> Jon
>
> --------------------------------------- 
> Posted through http://www.FPGARelated.com

Point taken. I'm aware of the "vapourware" problem but just wanted an 
official timescale of availability rather than us poor old customers having 
to guess.

Rog. 

On Sep 3, 7:07=A0am, "Roger"
<rogerwil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "maxascent" <maxascent@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
mess=
age
>
> news:3...@giganews.com...
>
> > Roger, FPGA companies always announce new releases a few years before y=
ou
> > will be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 series
> > devices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell you
> > that you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!
>
> > Jon
>
> > ---------------------------------------
> > Posted throughhttp://www.FPGARelated.com
>
> Point taken. I'm aware of the "vapourware" problem but just wanted an
> official timescale of availability rather than us poor old customers havi=
ng
> to guess.
>
> Rog.

You won't get the "official" timescale here.  One of the reasons for
early announcement
is to gauge the interest in new products.  So Xilinx wants you to
contact your local
sales rep and tell them about yourself and why you want virtex 7
parts.  Those reps
will come visit you with a laptop full of powerpoint slides showing
the upcoming
parts as a nebulous blob on a timescale vaguely marked in "quarters".
You still
won't know when you will get your hands on one, but Xilinx will know
you're interested.

Where I work, we don't design with any parts until we have verified
that we can get
them by actually placing an order for sample quantities.

Regards,
Gabor

"Gabor" <g...@alacron.com> wrote in message 
news:b...@x18g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 3, 7:07 am, "Roger" <rogerwil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "maxascent" <maxascent@n_o_s_p_a_m.n_o_s_p_a_m.yahoo.co.uk> wrote
in 
>> message
>>
>> news:3...@giganews.com...
>>
>> > Roger, FPGA companies always announce new releases a few years before 
>> > you
>> > will be able to get hold of the devices. As I said before the 6 series
>> > devices are only just becoming widely available so that should tell you
>> > that you aint going to get hold of the 7 series for a long time yet!
>>
>> > Jon
>>
>> > ---------------------------------------
>> > Posted throughhttp://www.FPGARelated.com
>>
>> Point taken. I'm aware of the "vapourware" problem but just wanted an
>> official timescale of availability rather than us poor old customers 
>> having
>> to guess.
>>
>> Rog.
>
> You won't get the "official" timescale here.  One of the reasons for
> early announcement
> is to gauge the interest in new products.  So Xilinx wants you to
> contact your local
> sales rep and tell them about yourself and why you want virtex 7
> parts.  Those reps
> will come visit you with a laptop full of powerpoint slides showing
> the upcoming
> parts as a nebulous blob on a timescale vaguely marked in "quarters".
> You still
> won't know when you will get your hands on one, but Xilinx will know
> you're interested.
>
> Where I work, we don't design with any parts until we have verified
> that we can get
> them by actually placing an order for sample quantities.
>
> Regards,
> Gabor

Gabor,

Thanks, that was a very interesting take on how Xilinx work.

Rog.