From: austin on
Colin,

Yes. One choice. No competition whatsoever.

I really wish there was some competition, as I believe that competition
is healthy for an industry. But, sadly, there is none. Nada. Nil.

If you want 405PPC, EMAC, DSP, 200K LUT, etc, there is one, and only one
Grade V space qualified vendor: Xilinx.

http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/aerospace_qpro-r.htm

On sale right now, and being designed into all those fancy platforms (to
be flown starting in 2009).

No PR here, just solid purchase orders, shipments, and revenue.

We have progressed from "interesting technology, but we can't use you in
space" a few years back, to "critical enabler, must use you in this
generation like we have in the previous two successful missions to meet
the mission requirements."

Austin