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.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 20.9 ms ] threadMisleading title.
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 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.