Comment by softwarewright

But I can afford my already purchased drawer full of cheap FPGAs for experiments.

I guess I am too risk adverse to bet $10,000 on an ASIC run (having no experience doing that and no desire to go that route).

If I can demonstrate a proof-of-concept in a reproducible research way, others can then advance to the ASIC level.

This is just a hobbyist experiment looking for other hobbyists who can afford a cheap FPGA and have some free time and interest.