On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996)

Re:On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996) by jacquesm on Monday November 16, 2015 @06:08AM (#10573778)

To me the biggest viewpoint shift was moving the CPU onto the FPGA instead of the other way around (which was the way we thought it would go for quite a while).

Putting one or more ARM cores on an FPGA is mostly matter of including some lines in a specification file. Putting an FPGA onto a CPU requires a lot of capital and minimum orders that are simply scary.

See also: soft-core vs hard-core FPGA CPUs.

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Re:On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996) by nickpsecurity on Monday November 16, 2015 @06:27AM (#10573824)

That was a surprise. I thought they'd put FPGA's onto the CPU's, too, given they were always trying to max interconnect speed and minimize latency. However, we might still get our dream: Intel & Altera merger w/ Intel needing a boost in datacenter performance. They'll do it eventually if they haven't already.

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