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		mercurywells on Aug 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Use an FPGA Instead of a CPU or GPU? Some FPGAs have built in flash that they will automatically load a bitstream from upon boot. If they don't, they typically can load the bitstream from an external flash chip upon powering up, or even via a microcontroller that's interfacing with the flash chip.

ashleyn on Aug 14, 2018 | [–]

This is exactly how the Mega Everdrive and similar retro flashcarts work. The "OS" loaded from SD card configures an FPGA inside the cartridge.

jaxtellerSoA on Aug 14, 2018 | [–]

Thanks, didn't know that. Is the boot process slow?

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