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Review on SiFive by Brandon Ball

Revainrating 5 out of 5

SiFive - Best Software Flow for FPGAs

The ability to get your code out faster than ever! With such an amazing community of people behind it I can't think about anything that would be better in terms of features or support from this platform as compared with others like Xilinx/Altera etc.

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If you are looking at getting into FPGA design then definitely look no further because there's not much choice when considering price point but also performance (compared against other platforms). We have been able to build our own SoC designs very quickly using their SDKs which has allowed us more time spent working directly onto hardware rather than software simulations - great benefit!!

Pros
  • Great documentation, easy setup for both Linux & Windows environments; excellent tools provided by vendors including Vivado suite along side full open source toolchain development environment available via GitHub repo too is another plus.
  • Excellent customer service / product feedback cycle
  • Easy accessability through cloud IDE services
Cons
  • None