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> Do you really think people will rewrite all their software for fpgas?

A compiler will do it for them. If technology moves in that direction they don't have any choice anyways.

> And what if you're memory or I/O bottlenecked as so many processors are today?

I/O will never run as fast as the CPU.

> I/O will never run as fast as the CPU.

In the era of kernal bypass and modern IO accelerators seen in some data centers today, I wonder if this is even true today?

something which was on HN a few days ago (I/O is faster than CPU): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19818899