On 5 Feb 2010 at 18:59, Dave McGuire wrote:
Well if you really want to think that way,
there's really no good
reason to use ANY digital component (save for perhaps the very
highest-clocked microprocessors) other than an FPGA in a new design
today.
I can think of one--money. The cheapest microcontroller is cheaper
than the cheapest FPGA.
--Chuck