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0 pointslnsru6y ago0 comments

Sorry, I am not ready for philosophical discussion. We can take definition from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming Programming involves code execution on computer. There is no computer in FPGA.

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rowanG0776y ago

Then why did you start the discussion? An FPGA is a computer just as well as any CPU.

lnsruOP6y ago

Technically FPGA is a piece of memory. The functionality of the FPGA device depends how the bits in this memory are set. Size of this memory is constant This information is not public, brave hackers are working hard to reverse engineer this. You can make a CPU in FPGA, no way for the opposite performance wise. Complex simulation with couple 4k resolution pictures takes days.

Edit: the people here are decent enough to start a discussion.

rowanG0776y ago

Yes an FPGA is a different computer then a CPU. It's still a computer though. This is the definition of a computer:

> An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program. [1]

It fits an FPGA perfectly.

[1] https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/computer

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rowanG0776y ago

Then why did you start the discussion? An FPGA is a computer just as well as any CPU.

lnsruOP6y ago

Edit: the people here are decent enough to start a discussion.

rowanG0776y ago

Yes an FPGA is a different computer then a CPU. It's still a computer though. This is the definition of a computer:

> An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program. [1]

It fits an FPGA perfectly.

[1] https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/computer

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