They couldn't use GW1NR-LV9 because it has slow RAM write, they also couldn't use hmcad1511 because fpga doesn't have the necessary fast interface. so they had no choice but to use 4x some converter about 250Msa, Even with GW1N-LV9 it may be at the speed limit of fpga. And limited sample memory 32k per channel, 64k total. Of course I could be wrong. They just went for the lowest price.