For sure. FPGAs are probably not the answer that most people are looking for. FPGAs are but one point in the trade-off space, and they're not one you jump to

For sure. FPGAs are probably not the answer that most people are looking for. FPGAs are but one point in the trade-off space, and they're not one you jump to "just because". > [...] there are useful nearby technologies that can leverage the benefits of FPGAs while having programming models that are on par with (say) GPGPU I think CGRAs are really cool but they're even more niche, and I suspect your original point about GPUs eating everyone's lunch applies particularly strongly to CGRAs. The point is well taken, though, and I don't necessarily disagree.