Re:Why Use an FPGA Instead of a CPU or GPU?
by zwieback on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:45AM
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Yes and yes but new uses are emerging, it's like 3D printing: there's a crossover where the extra cost you pay for flexibility becomes too much to compete with hard wired logic despite the high initial cost.
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Re:Why Use an FPGA Instead of a CPU or GPU?
by monocasa on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:58AM
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To be fair, it's not new. People have been using FPGAs in that capacity for decades.
Re:Why Use an FPGA Instead of a CPU or GPU?
by zwieback on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @11:17AM
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Very true, but mostly EEs and embedded SW/FW engineers. I think the SW tools, although still awful, are reaching the point where more SW-focused developers can take advantage of FPGA flexibility.
Which isn't to say every programmer shouldn't be forced to struggle through a Verilog or VHDL project - that'll put some hair on your chest and the fear of god into you. I'll see your async and raise you an "always @(posedge clk)"