But...they're application-specific, by design. If they were more generalized, they'd start to approach CPUs or DSPs. If you devoted extra area to some other a

But...they're application-specific, by design. If they were more generalized, they'd start to approach CPUs or DSPs. If you devoted extra area to some other algorithm, it would be a big cost for no benefit. Put that logic on some other ASIC and buy that one instead.