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Alinx HEA13 combines AMD Virtex UltraScale+ VU13P FPGA and NVIDIA Jetson Thor

The Alinx HEA13 combines an AMD Virtex UltraScale+ XCVU13P FPGA with support for NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin and Jetson Thor modules. The platform links the FPGA and Jetson module through a PCIe Gen3 x8 interface for applications such as robotics, industrial vision, edge AI, and compute acceleration.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 28, 2026

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  1. Links 27/01/2026: Japan-China Feud Escalates Again, "Iran's Internet Blackout Persists"
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  2. The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XIII - Is EPO Vice-President Steve Rowan in Cahoots With the "Alicante Mafia"?
    that deserves much media attention, political intervention, and condemnation
  3. “Wikilaundering” Explained
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    New

  4. Expect More XBox Layoffs Shortly
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  5. Online 'Gathering' Held Today to Organise Industrial Actions in EPO, Strikes Will be Starting Shortly
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  6. It's Not About What You Know, It's About Who You Know (and Stay Quiet About the Cocaine)
    This is not an organisation that exists to ensure laws are followed
  7. FOSDEM 2026: democracy panel: FSFE uses women as stooges, gerrymander
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  8. Must Use Proprietary JavaScript to Submit Feedback to the European Commission About Moving From GAFAM to Free Software
    Nevertheless, go tell them why Software Freedom would benefit Europe's defence and economy
  9. Distortion of the Facts About Mass Layoffs at IBM
    more layoffs are ahead
  10. Gemini Links 27/01/2026: "Waiting Isn't a Waste", Posting from Lynx, and Bookmarks
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  11. Links 27/01/2026: "Oracle Debt and TikTok Transition Troubles Vex the Ellison Media Empire", Richard Stallman Quoted on Copyrights
    Links for the day
  12. Steven Field (Red Hat) Speaks of "Recent Layoff" (RA/Wave) in Red Hat
    IBM really doesn't like it when people talk about "RAs"
  13. A Week Ago We Contacted the EPO's Stephen (Steve) Rowan About Cocainegate
    Tomorrow we'll write some more about Rowan
  14. IBM Reports 'Results' Tomorrow, Expect More "RAs" (Mass Layoffs)
    they use words like "efficiency", "optimisation", "AI", "pivot", "modernisation" and so on
  15. Earlier This Month Microsoft Lunduke Said in Public It Was Good That Renee Good Was Murdered, Now He Mocks or Demonises People for Saying the US is Unsafe
    Don't be easily conned by demagogues
  16. Google News and "Linux" Slop
    Why won't Google be interested in tackling this issue? Instead Google has been trying to participate in this issue.
  17. IBM Kills Red Hat in the Darkness
    What IBM does to Red Hat is malicious
  18. IBM Red Hat's Goal Is Not Real Security (It Probably Never Was)
    Spies and trolls are very malicious people and sometimes they're the same thing
  19. With Absurd Lies About Slop, Which Lacks Intelligence or Financial Potential, GAFAM and IBM Will Twist Mass Layoffs as 'Efficiency Drive' or 'AI Pivot'
    More layoffs are on the way
  20. Animal Advocacy Works
    All it takes is effort and determination
  21. EPO Strike This Week
    What has happened to Europe?
  22. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  23. IRC Proceedings: Monday, January 26, 2026
    IRC logs for Monday, January 26, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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