Specialized, single-purpose hardware is right now some 10x more energy-efficient for the same task than a GPU, (and some 50x more efficient than a CPU). Given t

Specialized, single-purpose hardware is right now some 10x more energy-efficient for the same task than a GPU, (and some 50x more efficient than a CPU). Given that modern chips are not limited by transistor density but by energy density, we're going to see more special-purpose hardware in our chips, not less.