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13 years ago

Altera HardCopy Extras

Hey all, In cleaning up our lab, I have found 35 Altera HardCopy HC1S40F780AC. They were in a sealed package and the humidity check within looked like it was OK (still blue), I opened to verif...
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13 years ago

HardCopy is an ASIC. Think of them like an FPGA with a burnt-in design. Without knowing what they are for or having the original design, they are paperweights.