Something I don't get... If FPGA's have been around for more than 2 decades why is it suddenly new technology? Unless they talking about a new algorythm which is just new software which is written in either VHDL or Verilog which is more than 2 decades old... It took them 4 years of research to figure out that doing a single task in an FPGA is faster than doing that same task on a CPU. I think I have found where "Microsoft time" has been put to practical use...
Some Engineers in SA have been using ARM 9 softcores in their FPGA designs for a while now. And I have heard of ARM 15 softcores going into FPGA's now as well. NASA uses FPGA's in their little remote control cars on mars. I used an FPGA to switch on a LED - hardcore I tell you
