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		loup-vaillant on Jan 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse-engineering FPGAs [video] > The only reason [bitstream formats] aren't revealed more often is for legal, not technical reasons Any idea what these reasons might be? I mean, it's the vendor's format, why couldn't they reveal it?

monocasa on Jan 19, 2018 [–]

I think he's saying that the vendors will sue you.

All of that being said, what bits are what mux and what LUT in the bitstream is only a small piece. All of the information needed for timing is the hard part.

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