On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:00:52 -0400 "Jason Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/23/06, Falk Husemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I (maybe like you) just read the corresponding article on TheRegister > > (<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/21/drc_fpga_module/>). > > > > I'd bet it wont make it to mainstream if compilers don't support it. > > > > What do you think? > > I think FPGA's are about to hit mainstream. Take a look at the CELL > processor (and PS3). That processor is f'ing sweet, and you can > already buy IBM servers with it in there. Basically, it's a Power5 > based CPU that controls 8 FPGA's, and is extremely fast, 4.0GHz is > about 256GFLOPS. What is this, slashdot? Cell has nothing to do with FPGAs. Adam
