Photo by Rafael Pol on Unsplash In the ever-evolving computing landscape, one concept has become not just a trend but a necessity: parallel programming. The days of exponentially increasing clock speeds driving improvements in single-core performance, as predicted by Moore’s Law, are behind us. Instead, the future of computing lies in the realm of parallelism. Moore’s Law is falling behind : and FPGAs , parallel computing has undergone a profound and ongoing evolution.
High power densities lead to overheating and reduce chips’ reliability, lifespan, and performance. One perspective on why many people believe that Moore’s law is nearing its end is that the doubling of transistor density no longer means that the cost is getting halved. While this may be a matter of one’s perspective, what truly matters here is that alternatives must be found, and progress made.