Comment by _hark
10 months 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.
10 months 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.