There's some (perhaps lots) of potential for this for in-memory analytic processing (e.g. in an analytics-focused DBMS).
Also, a specific potential use of FPGAs is for pattern matching on large amounts of text/data: If you do it at all, you're likely to do it often; and it can't be a custom implementation since the circuit depends on the specific pattern.
Also, a specific potential use of FPGAs is for pattern matching on large amounts of text/data: If you do it at all, you're likely to do it often; and it can't be a custom implementation since the circuit depends on the specific pattern.