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kc8apf.net is a personal blog at kc8apf.net about hardware and systems. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Unpacking Xilinx 7-Series Bitstreams (2018)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link the author's series on unpacking Xilinx 7-Series FPGA bitstreams, a reverse-engineering topic. One commenter says parts 2 and 3 are the most interesting and regrets that the promised part 4 never appeared.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Unpacking Xilinx 7-Series Bitstreams (2018)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-27
What Hacker News says?
Folks are reverse engineering Xilinx tooling btw: https://www.kc8apf.net/2018/05/unpacking-xilinx-7-series-bit...
Comment linking /2018/05/unpacking-xilinx-7-series-bitstreams-part-1/
on “The Amaranth hardware description language”Submitted Unpacking Xilinx 7-Series Bitstreams (2018) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionParts 2 and 3 are where it gets really interesting. Unfortunately no part 4 as promised in the Aug 2018 post. [0] https://www.kc8apf.net/2018/05/unpacking-xilinx-7-series-bit... [1] https://www.kc8apf.net/2018/08/unpacking-xilinx-7-series-bit...
Comment linking /2018/08/unpacking-xilinx-7-series-bitstreams-part-3/
on “Unpacking Xilinx 7-Series Bitstreams (2018)”Submitted What the Heck Is Hyperscale? (2020) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion