>> They are nowhere near as flexible as a microcontroller is, and reprogramming them for a different purpose is a huge investment from a development standpoint.

>> They are nowhere near as flexible as a microcontroller is, and reprogramming them for a different purpose is a huge investment from a development standpoint. Isn't that the point of LiteX and Migen though? To reduce the barrier to entry in time and budget? Before the RPi came along SBC's were fairly expensive, and the RPi was only able to offer a product at that price because of scale. And here we have an FPGA based video processing platform for only $350 produced in low-volume. https://hdmi2usb.tv/numato-opsis/ https://hdmi2usb.tv/numato-opsis/ I'm not saying you're wrong, I just don't think your argument is as much of a slam-dunk that you think it is.