One problem of FPGAs is that the absolute dependence on proprietary tools from the vendor, the hardware industry is much more closed in comparison. By using tho

One problem of FPGAs is that the absolute dependence on proprietary tools from the vendor, the hardware industry is much more closed in comparison. By using those tools, you have to agree the terms and conditions such as the following (this one is from Xilinx), > By using this software, you agree not to: [...] display the object code of the Software on any computer screen. From a security perspective, it doesn't inspire confidence, there's no ability to do an independent verification, something like doing a reproducible build with an compiler which source code is open to audit. There's no equivalence of GCC or LLVM for FPGA. Fortunately, there are some people working on it, just saw it on the homepage, although it's a long way to go... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21522522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21522522 I'm not an EE, just my 0.02 USD.