lovesinghal wrote:

> Rene, I did not say that I will base my PhD topic on this discussion.
> My advisor is helping me decide a topic in a major way. Through this
> side discussion, I want to know the industry opinion and opinions of
> people who use FPGAs in their designs.

Ok, you couldn't have known. The FPGAs are great to work
with, enable a lot of developments and save a lot of work.
Whether they further evolve or not doesn't change much
as what is here already is plenty.
The development is a bit too fast though.
When you do a new design with brand new chips, then they
tend to be outdated the next time you assemble a batch.

Rene
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