Comment by _hark
5 days ago
If FPGAs are competitive on perf/watt, why aren't they more widespread (other than crap software tooling)?
Honestly I've asked different hardware researchers this question and they all seem to give different answers.
5 days ago
If FPGAs are competitive on perf/watt, why aren't they more widespread (other than crap software tooling)?
Honestly I've asked different hardware researchers this question and they all seem to give different answers.
They're competitive on perf/watt because they're designed to do one thing. But they're much more expensive than an ASIC, which, if also designed to do one thing would be better than the FPGA.