Imagine a processor that dynamically adapts itself to changing requirements. Such a processor would be able to reconfigure itself into a DSP or GPU functions...
Quote from the article at Adrians Rojak Pot:
“What we all have in our computers now are general purpose processors. These processors are designed to perform a variety of functions from doing mathematical computations to moving data from one memory location to another. Hence, they cannot be optimized to run a certain category of instructions such as DSP algorithms.
But with reconfigurable computing, you can! You will have one general purpose processor controlling anywhere from one to a large array of field programmable gate arrays (FPGA).”
