On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 20:05 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
RME devices do not. they use Xilinx FPGA chips. the
firmware (the
actual firmware) is on an eprom that is surface mounted.
"Thanks to RME's secure flash update technology, firmware improvements,
adjustments, and bugfixes can be installed easily at any time." -
http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_hdspe_aio.php