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Re:On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996) by antome on Monday November 16, 2015 @05:41AM (#10573681)
I think that with architecture design becoming increasingly important in processor performance, and on the heels of Intel-Altera, CPUs or GPUs may gradually add "FPGA-like" aspects, where the configuration of the silicon can be dynamically shifted in order to achieve different tasks.

Personally, I would love to see a day when FPGA coprocessors are a thing, and FPGA companies are big enough to make it happen.

Re:On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996) by wfunction on Monday November 16, 2015 @05:42AM (#10573685)
There are apparently already a thing (Xeon processors with FPGAs seem to have come out a while ago).
Re:On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996) by listic on Monday November 16, 2015 @08:07AM (#10574162)
Xeon processors with FPGAs have been announced over a year ago [1] (June 2014) and we haven't heard any details or exact dates since then.

[1] http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184828-intel-unveils-new-...