And how is any of that different from providing GPUs in the cloud? I am not saying that they provide them for free. They can charge for all of that support and

And how is any of that different from providing GPUs in the cloud? I am not saying that they provide them for free. They can charge for all of that support and tools. We haven't reached a stage where fpgas make economical sense for small customers. GPUs were in the same stage 5 years ago. I hope Microsoft becomes a trail blazer in bringing fpgas on par with GPUs. They have one of the best tool-chain teams working for them, so it is doable.