Re: 5V I/O with 1.8V Core

Agreed, and I am perhaps the strongest advocate of this point of view
inside Xilinx. But Sales and Marketing are always clamoring for highest
speed and lowest price.  "That's what the customers want and need"...

Peter Alfke
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John Williams wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Peter Alfke wrote:
> > And for most (not all!) FPGA applications, speed is king, and leakage
> > current is whatever it is.
> 
>  > This may change one day...
> 
> I certainly hope so.  There are lots of very interesting things that
> FPGAs could do in handheld consumer multimedia applications, but power
> consumption kills them in that market.  That's what PACT and Quicksilver
> are betting on...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John