FPGA devices offer hardware-level acceleration by allowing developers to define custom logic circuits executed natively in silicon.
FPGAs provide application-specific acceleration, consuming less power and producing less heat than GPUs, making them suitable for niche or changing workloads.
Integration methods include PCIe accelerator cards, eFPGA regions in SoCs and CPUs, and cloud instances like AWS F1 for democratized FPGA access.
FPGAs shine in packet inspection, encryption, AI inference, high-frequency trading, and multi-tenant FPGA environments, offering a balance between efficiency and flexibility in server applications.