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It all seems very improbable. FPGAs are great for massive streaming data, real time and low latency. For data searching and operations, not so much. The same p
by angry_octet 7y ago
It all seems very improbable. FPGAs are great for massive streaming data, real time and low latency. For data searching and operations, not so much.
The same problem that plagues GPU offload is even worse for FPGAs -- and by that I mean Amdahl's Law.
It is puzzling that they don't mention Intel, who have been trying to figure this out since they sent $17B on Altera. This actually looks pretty good, if insanely hard to develop for and very expensive:
https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/programmable/fpga/agilex.html https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/products/programmable...
The talk of compilers that will take 'high level' languages like C++ and emit logic is, IME, complete rubbish. I mean, it is possible, but it is rubbish logic design. Slow, glitchy, inefficient. Adding pragmas to make the compiler magic work is an art form even trickier than writing VHDL, and requires understanding both.