On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Herbert Graf <hkgraf@gmail.com> wrote:

>  > 7. Why not use a microcontroller such a PIC to do the work?
>
> Because the task at hand wouldn't either be possible or would be 2 slow
> in a CPU/MCU. For example, implementing a MP3 decoder that operates in
> real time can be very easily and cheaply implemented on a very small
> FPGA, doing the same in a CPU/MCU would require alot more horsepower.
>
> Decryption is another area where the inherently parallel nature of FPGAs
> trumps CPU/MCUs.
>

I thought MP3 decoding was very serial in nature.
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