Hey @oe1cxw - just wondering if you'd talked to @MicrochipTech about support for Open-Source FPGA toolchains. They're fairly maker-friendly, and now that they own @pmcmicrosemi it would be a good opportunity for them to boost their profile in the FPGA world.
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Many ideas for OS projects there (scope, DMMs etc.) come to nothing as it's a lot of work for minimal utility. I tend towards the skeptical, but was proved wrong in this case! Saw your ccc talk/comments re. hostile vendors, wondering if Microchip was among them.
I can tell you that I have not talked to Microchip at all. (But I can't answer any direct questions re Microsemi tho.)