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because CPUs are the least efficient computing device, precisely because they are so general. The future of hardware will be reprogrammable circuits that speci
by platz 8y ago
because CPUs are the least efficient computing device, precisely because they are so general.
The future of hardware will be reprogrammable circuits that specialize to repeatable tasks
ICFP 2018 Keynote Address: The Role of Functional Programming and DSLs in Hardware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqYkcGRr8x0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqYkcGRr8x0
- why_only_15 8y agoBut why? Most of e.g. a website is the software, not the hardware. Making the hardware cheaper but the software more expensive (e.g. with a DSL) is counterintuitive.