I think Intel or somebody else should put more effort in whetting our appetite for possible applications.
What long list of applications can CPU+FPGA bring us that a CPU or GPU can't?
What long list of applications can CPU+FPGA bring us that a CPU or GPU can't?
The optimization needs to beat out the inefficiency of the FPGA compared to an ASIC though (not to speak of development time). But sometimes, you can do just that.