>Wait, what? Instead of using specialized hardware... you can use an Nvidia GPU (specialized hardware)? I kind of see both of your points. Nvidia GPUs are spec

>Wait, what? Instead of using specialized hardware... you can use an Nvidia GPU (specialized hardware)? I kind of see both of your points. Nvidia GPUs are special hardware, but how many people already have those at home vs. an FPGA? Also the programming model for CUDA is much closer to traditional programming than FPGAs.