Matt Blaze <mab@crypto.com> writes:
[FPGA-based machine that can do a single DES key every four months] ... I expect to build such a prototype machine myself, and, if it works as I expect, maybe the whole thing.
Matt, I don't know exactly what resources you've got at your disposal these days, but we'd be interested in volunteering some time and effort on this. We can help out with things like interface design, device simulation, board layout, fab, and assembly. (Unless you want to make the whole thing a one-man thesis project, of course ;-) -- Roger Williams finger me for my PGP public key Coelacanth Engineering consulting & turnkey product development Middleborough, MA wireless * DSP-based instrumentation * ATE tel +1 508 947-8049 * fax +1 508 947-9118 * http://www.coelacanth.com/