Downloading Hardware: The quiet revolution in networking
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Re: Downloading Hardware: The quiet revolution in networking
#2FPGA are not new stuff (have been here since the 80s) and no, downloading a FPGA netlist/design/config is not "downloading hardware".
Misleading title.
Re: Downloading Hardware: The quiet revolution in networking
#3FPGA are not new stuff (have been here since the 80s) and no, downloading a FPGA netlist/design/config is not "downloading hardware". Misleading title.
If you have a way to fab these downloads into a piece of hardware, then it effectively is.
Just like downloading some bits with a .mp3 suffix is "downloading music". You have a way to instantly turn that into music.
Synecdoche is a figure of speech whereby a part refers to a whole or vice versa.
Re: Downloading Hardware: The quiet revolution in networking
#4FPGA are not new stuff (have been here since the 80s) and no, downloading a FPGA netlist/design/config is not "downloading hardware". Misleading title.
FPGAs are not a new thing. But FPGAs that are big enough and fast enough to outperform ASICs (in the networking context) is a new thing.
Re the title. It's perhaps a bit poetic, but it's not misleading. What else could the title possibly mean? It's either going to be about 3D printing or FPGAs. You can't seriously expect to actually download a physical piece of hardware.