I think they have no choice. Current cpus have hit a wall when it comes to speed so they have to find other ways to speed up the software. Yes, FPGAs are a pai

I think they have no choice. Current cpus have hit a wall when it comes to speed so they have to find other ways to speed up the software. Yes, FPGAs are a pain to program now but so were general purpose CPU's in the early days. Given time and innovation that will change. We are headed towards a time where most algorithms will be run off specialized chips rather than a general purpose CPUs. It's only a matter of time.