From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 05/04/2023 19:59, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   ...   
   >> you cannot just fiddle an FPGA into any laptop:   
      
   > As already explained in the thread, I'm not after   
   > "any laptop".   
   > I'm after a laptop specifically designed for the FPGA   
   > in question.   
      
   such just doesn't exist. FPGAs are much too expensive to be used in mass   
   production and they are slow and power hungry too.   
      
   >> * the socket wont match   
   >> * and even if: the power pins are somewhere else   
   >> * supply voltages are different   
   >> * the bus system wont fit neither in size nor impedance   
   >> * all the on-chip gates need to be addressed and configured   
   >> * how would it boot at all w/o a setup memory controller ?   
      
   > So first can you tell me which of the above will not   
   > be possible to overcome for a *specifically designed   
   > laptop*?   
      
   almost all of the above because no sane manufacturer would waste money   
   for such a laptop.   
   I already mentioned it: buy yourself an FPGA evaluation board.   
   and then show us how you make a UART control a hard-disk :)   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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