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Re:Running Quake on an FPGA (Custom MRISC32 CPU) [video] by mentos on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:07PM (#39031972)
Ha I came here to ask about the potential for this and its the top comment.

Is there a name for this that I can search for more info on?

Could Windows/macOS one day ship on an FPGA like this?

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Re:Running Quake on an FPGA (Custom MRISC32 CPU) [video] by mbitsnbites on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:26PM (#39032205)
Realistically: No that won't happen (sorry to disappoint you).

There are some niche demos, like a HW raytracer on an FPGA, but full systems is not realistic. General purpose code simply is a bad match for FPGAs.

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