[calewis]

This is an amazing Show HN. The best bit was “I did this because I'm lazy” I suspect not somehow. I did wonder why those chips were so expensive? I have a super limited knowledge of hardware so I was unable to figure it out exactly. Thanks again and I can’t wait for more write ups.

[naikrovek]

FPGAs with large fabric are expensive because they're more useful than smaller FPGAs and because the number of viable chips that come from the fabrication process is smaller, meaning they are literally more rare and harder to make successfully. The most expensive FPGA devices can cost more than USD$30,000 per device (per chip.)