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FASTER, BETTER, AND CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES TO FPGA-BASED ACCELERATORS

COTS Staff

Diamond Systems

FASTER, BETTER, AND
CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES
TO FPGA-BASED
ACCELERATORS: Achieving Top Tier Performance
for a Fraction of the Cost


Even as the number of cores in general-purpose CPUs continues
to climb, many difficulties remain in building systems that are
capable of handling large volumes of network data. This is due to
several factors, including the ever-increasing rate of network
traffic and some fundamental limitations in general-purpose
computing architectures. System designers are constantly
seeking ways to expand their system capacity beyond such
limitations.