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> Yes I have programmed FPGAs And was it a pleasurable experience? Do you really think people will rewrite all their software for fpgas? And what if you're m
by deepnotderp 7y ago
> Yes I have programmed FPGAs
And was it a pleasurable experience?
Do you really think people will rewrite all their software for fpgas?
And what if you're memory or I/O bottlenecked as so many processors are today?
- ezconnect 7y agoFor me it's a pleasurable experience. > Do you really think people will rewrite all their software for fpgas? A compiler will do it for them. If technology moves in that direction they don't have any choice anyways. > And what if you're memory or I/O bottlenecked as so many processors are today? I/O will never run as fast as the CPU.
- icxa 7y ago> I/O will never run as fast as the CPU. In the era of kernal bypass and modern IO accelerators seen in some data centers today, I wonder if this is even true today?
- rcxdude 7y agosomething which was on HN a few days ago (I/O is faster than CPU): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19818899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19818899