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Sincere question: how much of that is inherent to FPGA systems, and how much of that is due to them being a niche technology used in contexts where there power
by vanderZwan 9y ago
Sincere question: how much of that is inherent to FPGA systems, and how much of that is due to them being a niche technology used in contexts where there power consumption is not a big issue, meaning that there has not been a significant drive to reduce power consumption?
I mean, it's not like the other types of electronics are inherently energy-efficient either: before it affected battery life people didn't care that much about energy-efficient CPU's. The current drive for more computation per Watt is largely driven by the explosion in mobile hardware.
- kec 9y agoIt's inherent to how FPGAs work. Logic blocks are necessary but are kind of a heavyweight solution to emulate normal logic (and they'll result in a ton of extra silicon driving leakage up). Perf/Watt has always been interesting as well, It's a major concern for data centers (worse perf/Watt requires more cooling which drives costs up).