ISE 8.1 release delayed?

ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I wonder 
if it is known how much more the ISE 8.1 release is delaying? Xilinx is 
advertising ISE webcast on Dec 14, I wonder if that will only cover soon to 
be obsoleted 7.1 or be focused on 8.1?

Actually I am more waiting for the EDK 8.1 in the hope DDR2 support is 
added, but as EDK 8.1 release was projected 4 weeks after ISE 8.1 release I 
guess the EDK 8.1 actuall release date is slipping also :( most likely into 
2006?

Antti 

You may want to check the stockings by the fireplace.

Simon

"Antti Lukats" <antti@openchip.org> wrote in message
news:dn20o1$t57$1@online.de...
> ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I
wonder
> if it is known how much more the ISE 8.1 release is delaying? Xilinx is
> advertising ISE webcast on Dec 14, I wonder if that will only cover soon
to
> be obsoleted 7.1 or be focused on 8.1?
>
> Actually I am more waiting for the EDK 8.1 in the hope DDR2 support is
> added, but as EDK 8.1 release was projected 4 weeks after ISE 8.1 release
I
> guess the EDK 8.1 actuall release date is slipping also :( most likely
into
> 2006?
>
> Antti
>
>

Simon Peacock wrote:
> You may want to check the stockings by the fireplace.
> 
> Simon
> 
> "Antti Lukats" <antti@openchip.org> wrote in message
> news:dn20o1$t57$1@online.de...
> 
>>ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I
> 
> wonder...


I got 8.1 this morning by electronic delivery.  I haven't tried 
installing it yet.  I'll wait till I have the current projects out of 
the way before subjecting myself to being a guinea pig again.

Antti Lukats wrote:
> ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I wonder
> if it is known how much more the ISE 8.1 release is delaying? Xilinx is
> advertising ISE webcast on Dec 14, I wonder if that will only cover soon to
> be obsoleted 7.1 or be focused on 8.1?
>
> Actually I am more waiting for the EDK 8.1 in the hope DDR2 support is
> added, but as EDK 8.1 release was projected 4 weeks after ISE 8.1 release I
> guess the EDK 8.1 actuall release date is slipping also :( most likely into
> 2006?

I suppose the better question is, "when will the first service pack be
available?"

-a

>
> I suppose the better question is, "when will the first service pack be
> available?"
>
Andy,
It's a brave (or possibly desperate) man who dives in before SP3! ;-)
Cheers, Syms. 

>
> I suppose the better question is, "when will the first service pack be
> available?"
>
Andy,
It's a brave (or possibly desperate) man who dives in before SP3! ;-)
Cheers, Syms. 

Andy Peters wrote:
> Antti Lukats wrote:
> 
>>ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I wonder
>>if it is known how much more the ISE 8.1 release is delaying? Xilinx is
>>advertising ISE webcast on Dec 14, I wonder if that will only cover soon to
>>be obsoleted 7.1 or be focused on 8.1?
>>
>>Actually I am more waiting for the EDK 8.1 in the hope DDR2 support is
>>added, but as EDK 8.1 release was projected 4 weeks after ISE 8.1 release I
>>guess the EDK 8.1 actuall release date is slipping also :( most likely into
>>2006?
> 
> 
> I suppose the better question is, "when will the first service pack be
> available?"

and an even better one.... "When will it be safe to unleash on legacy 
designs ? "

-jg

"Jim Granville" <no.spam@designtools.co.nz> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:43964263$1@clear.net.nz...
> Andy Peters wrote:
>> Antti Lukats wrote:
>>
>>>ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I 
>>>wonder
>>>if it is known how much more the ISE 8.1 release is delaying? Xilinx is
>>>advertising ISE webcast on Dec 14, I wonder if that will only cover soon 
>>>to
>>>be obsoleted 7.1 or be focused on 8.1?
>>>
>>>Actually I am more waiting for the EDK 8.1 in the hope DDR2 support is
>>>added, but as EDK 8.1 release was projected 4 weeks after ISE 8.1 release 
>>>I
>>>guess the EDK 8.1 actuall release date is slipping also :( most likely 
>>>into
>>>2006?
>>
>>
>> I suppose the better question is, "when will the first service pack be
>> available?"
>
> and an even better one.... "When will it be safe to unleash on legacy 
> designs ? "
>
> -jg
>

Well Xilinx stopped working on 7.1 meaning they will never fix 7.1 so bugs 
present in 7.1 SP4 will remain unfixed. So there is no option as to be brave 
and go for 8.1 some day. The sooner the 8.1 is made available for testing 
the sooner it will come useable and those not so brave will also be able to 
use it.

Antti

"Ray Andraka" <ray@andraka.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:wmklf.16519$Mi5.14447@dukeread07...
> Simon Peacock wrote:
>> You may want to check the stockings by the fireplace.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> "Antti Lukats" <antti@openchip.org> wrote in message
>> news:dn20o1$t57$1@online.de...
>>
>>>ISE 8.1 release was planned for mid nov, now its mid december soon, I
>>
>> wonder...
>
>
> I got 8.1 this morning by electronic delivery.  I haven't tried installing 
> it yet.  I'll wait till I have the current projects out of the way before 
> subjecting myself to being a guinea pig again.

I am not asking you to be a guinea pig but could you checkout (in the 8.1 
manual?)
if jtag indirect programming of serial flash devices for Spartan 3e is 
supported?

Altera and Lattice both support this kind of programming I wonder if Xilinx 
is
getting up to the competitors or not.

Or maybe some one from Xilinx could answer my question? please?

Antti 

The local FAE dropped off a copy of 8.1 yesterday.

It exists.

Tried it out for a while.  No major issues noted.  Some issues I was
having with Spartan3e are fixed.


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