Whenever discussion of FPGA comes up on HN, someone inevitably points to low latency workflows but nobody ever mentions video capture and play-out boards using FPGAs. Companies like Blackmagic, Elgato, Matrox, etc.
Hardware like this often uses FPGAs because there’s a need for highly parallel processing that is difficult or even impossible to do on a off the shelf CPU, but the volumes are too low to justify a custom ASIC. Being able to fix bugs or add features after shipping is a big bonus too.
