FS: Altera FPGA - Arria II GX EP2AGX45DF25I5N - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ibmnotibm
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 01:02:59 pm
content: Hi,Im not familiar with FPGAs, but I got hold off a lot of them (from bankrupt company) which I want to sell.I have 200+ Altera FPGA - Arria II GX EP2AGX45DF25I5N, seehttp://www.buyaltera.com/scripts/partsearch.dll?Detail&name=EP2AGX45DF25I5N-ND&GSA_pos=1&WT.oss_r=1&WT.oss=EP2AGX45DF25I5N.Most are still factory sealed, and I can sell in different quantities if needed. Will ship worldwide.They retail at 455 USD in batches of 5. Please give me an offer or questions at ibmnotibm (at) gmail.com if you are interested.Regards!PS! Are there other second-hand markets for FPGAs? Google doesnt return much.

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 02:15:18 pm
content: Hard to sell items.Not for hobby use so companies will be the buyer target. But them want reliable/known sources.Good luck!PS:Awesome toys to play with

author: CrabxCore
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2014, 09:49:42 pm
content: I'm pretty new to all this, what uses a $500 FPGA? Why do they cost so much?

author: marshallh
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 27, 2014, 06:06:19 pm
content: Good luck. However you will probably not sell them, except at a steep discount.Companies that buy fpgas are not going to bother with loose or partial trays. There are already lots of FPGAs on ebay like this, they set on there for ages. If you're a company you want to buy 100% known good parts from a reliable supplier that can be traced all the way back to the mfg.Individuals doing prototypes basically never use a 500ball $500 fpga. (I'm an exception)Small businesses looking to ship a very small run of some product with that very specific FPGA may be the only group actually interested in buying.Sorry, but it's basically a writeoff. Offer them for an extremely cheap price (say, $40 each) and you can probably sell a few to make up your investment.

author: ibmnotibm
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 27, 2014, 07:02:01 pm
content: Thx for the tip! And actually, I dont mind selling them at a great discount (I just asked for an offer in my post). But the problem seems to be reaching the "customers". Do you have any suggestion as to where I can post my offer besides this forum?

author: Scrts
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 28, 2014, 10:47:09 am
content: All the hobbyists are happy with Cyclone series. Even Cyclone IV GX, which already have the transceivers. Arria was created for transceiver stuff, but that's a very specific commercial target.Will be hard to sell TBH, unless the price will be attractive enough to consider going from Cyclone to Arria. Plus the package size requires even more layers PCB. I'd say difficult task, but better get couple of dollars than nothing.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2014, 01:54:37 am
content: GX and 42959 LEs are not too impressive anymore, maybe the speed of the Arria II is better than the Cyclone V GX.The headache to make a board to put this on for a hobbyist would be excruciating. 572-FBGA (25x25)What do you mean by a great discount?

author: ibmnotibm
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 01, 2014, 05:11:17 pm
content: Im not familiar with FPGAs, but I understand now that these are really not for hobbyist, so this forum might not be the right place to sell. I am trying to find some local companies which might be interested.Regarding the discount - I guess that would depend on the # of FPGAs you want to buy. I have over 200, most of them factory sealed. But I was thinking something around 100-150 USD for one? Thats well above 75% discount when you purchase a batch of 5 from retailers.

author: CM800
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2014, 12:18:11 pm
content: I doubt you will find anyone willing to buy them even at that price....

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2014, 12:43:47 pm
content: I don't know if it's the case for Altera, but with Xilinx, the free software only supports lower end parts, so if you have bigger ones, even more of your potential market has gone.Anyone who is making stuff that uses $500 FPGAs is not going to risk buying them from an unknown source.However it may be worth contacting some component brokers as they may have possible customers.Also bear in mind that high end FPGAs are export controlled, so probably your biggest potential market is somewhat illegal to sell to.If all else fails, dead-bug as many LEDs as you can onto one, hack up some blinky HDL and send it to hackaday!