You're not out of line, and I haven't tried to hide the fact that I'm now professionally interested, in fact that's all I'm blabbing about below. But that's no coincidence- this is why I got into FPGAs: the problem spaces that are like what this cool project addresses. But I rejected GPUs as a platform completely for the reasons I list. And that's how I came to be interested in FPGAs. I am not an EE and it was a hard decision to make the switch to pursuing this, and I'm sharing that experience in the hope of inspiring/meeting others. As well as trying to open myself up to input/advice from people more experienced than I.