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Re:Intel Buys Altera for $16.7B by noipv4 on Monday June 01, 2015 @03:44PM (#9641586)
Bitcoin mining. (although ASICs have now taken over, for a good part of 2010-2013 FPGAs were the king esp. for power limited mining rigs)
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Re:Intel Buys Altera for $16.7B by Bjartr on Monday June 01, 2015 @04:17PM (#9641817)
IIRC many mining ASICs are those same FPGA layouts etched permanently.
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