Pretty much the same answer from a CPU researcher formerly at Intel, in a reddit AMA.
"I like FPGAs, but I doubt they will ever become widely deployed. They pay ~20x overhead, so any algorithm that is a good fit for them becomes a new instruction in the next CPU generation. The reprogrammability is only a feature in highly constrained (i.e. niche) environments."
"I like FPGAs, but I doubt they will ever become widely deployed. They pay ~20x overhead, so any algorithm that is a good fit for them becomes a new instruction in the next CPU generation. The reprogrammability is only a feature in highly constrained (i.e. niche) environments."
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1yj77b/as_requested_i_...