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I saw a post on Linux Gizmos about an FPGA configuration that acts as a general purpose computer and can run Linux. I have no idea, though, what the heck you'd do with such a thing or why you'd want it?
@abucci yeah, I saw that post in my feed too, and like you I'm also not sure what to with it
@abucci yeah, I saw that post in my feed too, and like you I'm also not sure what to with it
@abucci yeah, I saw that post in my feed too, and like you I'm also not sure what to with it
@abucci yeah, I saw that post in my feed too, and like you I'm also not sure what to with it
@prologic they actually have a nice write-up about the "why's". And you know what? Now I'm sort of wishing I had one...
@prologic they actually have a nice write-up about the "why's". And you know what? Now I'm sort of wishing I had one...
@logout I understand the hobbyist applications. I guess what I found confusing was why a commercial product would be based on an FPCA. ASICs are far better price-to-performancewise than FPGAs, usually. The FP means "field programmable", and that's the big draw of FPGAs, and what you're paying a premium for: you can reprogram the circuitry on the fly if you want. But if the circuitry is meant to be fixed, then you don't need or want to reprogram it. Maybe there's an explanation or I'm just being dense, but I don't get it.
@logout Ah I see. That sounds pretty interesting, changing the CPU microarchitecture on the fly as better designs are figured out. Thanks for that.