Microsoft Knows Exactly Where Intel's Future Is

Summary - Intel buys FPGA manufacturer, Microsoft is trying to use FPGAs with Intel processors to make Bing faster.<p>Kudos to Bunnie for actually already producing a laptop that pairs a CPU and an FPGA on the same board, and making it free and open source:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crowdsupply.com&#x2F;sutajio-kosagi&#x2F;novena" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crowdsupply.com&#x2F;sutajio-kosagi&#x2F;novena</a><p>He makes the big guys look like a bunch of johnny-come-latelys

When Intel applies their process knowledge to manufacturing FPGAs, they could really boost the capability of these chips and slash prices aggressively.<p>Now if only they could improve the <i>tooling</i>.