Not only has it been talked about for ages, Intel bought Altera and AMD bought Xilinx. One has to wonder and ask - why? Edit: > it would not make the device e

Not only has it been talked about for ages, Intel bought Altera and AMD bought Xilinx. One has to wonder and ask - why? Edit: > it would not make the device eventually obsolete as the world moves to better algorithms Ah there I found it. Makes sense to buy the FPGA manufacturers, so they devices still become obsolete and people buy their newer processors.