[kyboren]

For sure. FPGAs are probably not the answer that most people are looking for. FPGAs are but one point in the trade-off space, and they're not one you jump to "just because".

> [...] there are useful nearby technologies that can leverage the benefits of FPGAs while having programming models that are on par with (say) GPGPU

I think CGRAs are really cool but they're even more niche, and I suspect your original point about GPUs eating everyone's lunch applies particularly strongly to CGRAs. The point is well taken, though, and I don't necessarily disagree.