The goal of an FPGA is to get cheap prototype and/or for applications which don't need large batches, enough to ASIC become cost effective. Low latency links a

The goal of an FPGA is to get cheap prototype and/or for applications which don't need large batches, enough to ASIC become cost effective. Low latency links are just byproduct, added to improve FPGA performance (which is definitely bad if compare to ASIC), you don't have to use them in your design. If you will make working FPGA prototype, it would be not hard to convert them to ASIC. Happy birthday!