Re: FPGA -> SATA?

Austin Lesea wrote:
The ASSP vendors are very protective about their business: they
continue to make their little applications as tough to do as possible,
to keep out the 'big bad FPGA vendors' who seem to be eating up all
their businesses. (Hey, we are just trying to make our customers happy!)

Too bad: when an industry is spending time being defensive, they have
already lost - any time spent not innovating means you are doomed to
failure.

Ok ... I took the time to see who the little guys are at SATA-IO that
Austin claims are running completely scared of the 'big bad FPGA
vendors'. Frankly, when I read down the list, it becomes pretty obvious
many of the players could aquire Xilinx with a day or two's free
profits and not even worry about the investment costs if they paid
twice what Xilinx was worth.

The only two things obvious, is that Austin's/Xilinx's head is so full
of *** if they think half these companies even care what Xilinx does
with SATA, and that Xilinx is so full of NIH that they are failing to
meet custmers needs by refusing to play nicely inside the industry wide
SATA club.

Anybody spot those that Austin claims "are running completely scared of
the 'big bad FPGA vendors'."????

ACARD Technology Corporation
Accusys
Adaptec, Inc.
Addonics Technologies
Adtron Corporation
Aeluros, Inc.
Agere Systems
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Allion Computer Inc.
Alta Engineering
AMCC (3ware)
AMD
Aska Technologies Inc.
ATI
Avery Design Systems
Bell Microproducts
BiTMICRO Networks
BizLink
Broadcom
Buffalo Inc.
Catalyst Enterprises Inc.
CEVA
CI Design
Circuit Assembly Corp.
Comax Technology, Inc.
CRU-DataPort
CRUZ Systems
Dallas Semiconductor, Inc.
DataStor Technology Co., Ltd.
Dell
Denali Software, Inc.
Der An Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd
DoTop Technology, Inc.
Ease Software, Inc.
Electronics Testing Center, Taiwan
Emulex Corporation
Epson Research & Development, Inc.
EqualLogic
Exar Corporation
Expert I/O
Faraday Technology Corporation
FCI
Finisar
FirmTek, LLC
Foxconn Electronics
Fujikura/DDK
Fujitsu Computer Products of America
Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
Genesys Logic, Inc.
Golden Bridge Electech Inc.
Hewlett-Packard
Highly Reliable Systems
HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc.
Horng Tong (HOMETOM) Enterprise Co., Ltd.
IBM Corporation
IIX Consulting
Infineon Technologies
Infortrend Technology, Inc.
Initio Corporation
Intel Corp.
Intella Sys Corp.
IntelliProp Inc.
Interelectronix
Iomega
JAE Electronics
Jalink Technology Inc.
Jei Wei Electronic Co., Ltd.
JMicron Technology Corp.
Joinsoon Electronics Mfg. Co. Ltd.
J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Kano Technologies
Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc.
KnowledgeTek, Inc.
Knowlent Corporation
LeCroy Corp.
LaCie
Landwin Electronic Corp.
Link-A-Media Devices
LITE-ON Technology Corp.
Longwell
LSI Logic
LyCOM Technology, Inc.
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
Maxtor
MediaTek Inc.
Mentor Graphics
Microsoft
Mitac International Corporation
Molex, Inc.
M-Systems
NEC Electronics Corporation
Netcell Corp.
Niketech
Northstar Systems Corp.
Nvidia Corporation
Omneon Video Networks
Oxford Semiconductor Ltd.
Quantum Corp.
Panasonic Semiconductor
PDE Technology Corporation
PHILIPS & BenQ Digital Storage Corporation
Philips Semiconductors
Pioneer Corporation
Plextor Corp.
PMTC NV
Prolific Technology, Inc.
Promise Technology, Inc.
ProStor Systems, Inc.
P-TWO Industries Inc.
Rapid Conn
RATOC Systems, Inc.
Realtek
Renesas Technology
RITEUP Co., Ltd.
ROHM Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics
Sanko Electronics Co., Ltd.
Seagate Technology
Scientific Atlanta
Sierra Logic, Inc.
SIIG, Inc.
Silicon Image Inc.
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp
SiliconStor, Inc.
SimpleTech
SMK Corporation
Soft Mixed Signal Corporation
Sonnet Technologies, Inc.
Space Shuttle Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
STMicroelectronics
Sunext Technology
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd.
Synthesys Research, Inc.
Synopsys
Taiwan Electronics Co., Ltd.
Tektronix
Top Yang Technology Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Toshiba
Total Technologies, Ltd.
Trimax Electronics Co., Ltd.
Tyco Electronics
ULi Electronics Inc.
ULINK Technology
University of New Hampshire InterOperablitity Lab
Via Technologies Inc.
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.
VMC Consulting
VSO Electric Co, Ltd.
Wavecrest
Western Digital Corp.
Wieson Technologies Co., Ltd.
Win Win Precision, Co., Ltd.
Wipro Limited
Y.C. Cable USA, Inc.
Zarlink

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