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Fpga is trash compared to asics
by homero 11y ago
Fpga is trash compared to asics
- sspiff 11y agoDepends on what you are trying to do. If you want to run an entire CPU on an FPGA, ASICs will clearly be better. FPGAs are mainly useful for things that need to be (re)programmable. For things like programmable network routing/packet filtering, FPGAs could be a very effective solution.
- Symmetry 11y agoOnly to the extent that you can afford to spend $1 million+ and a year every time you change your algorithm. For bitcoin mining or encryption or decoding popular video formats then yes, ASICs are absolutely the way to go. But there are many cases where the algorithms you're using aren't so fixed or where you're not willing to put up with such large lead times.