Since there are so many boards out there in the market, its difficult for a beginners like me to choose one. Also does the board comes with a programmer circuit on the board or do i have to buy a programmer separately. I would also love a board which also has an FPGA on it.
Designing one's own chip is not a beginner's project!!
I really don't think designing one's own chip is a suitable project for someone who can't even select a ready-made dev board?