We want specialized processors and we have them and going to have them even more, in many flavours. GPU is there, FPGA is on the way ([1],[2]), network IO is ha

We want specialized processors and we have them and going to have them even more, in many flavours. GPU is there, FPGA is on the way ([1],[2]), network IO is half-there (look at Solarflare NICs). [1] http://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/sas/f/capi/home.html http://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/sas/f/capi/home.... [2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/14/intel_xeon_fpga/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/14/intel_xeon_fpga/