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The real problem with FPGAs is that for 99% of use cases, CPU/GPGPU is good enough. And in the cases you really do need the extra speed, its rare you also need the flexibility, in which case you'd make an ASIC. There is a niche for FPGAs (especially in prototyping), but it's not as big of a market as you would imagine.



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