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@@ -547,6 +547,14 @@ side-effect of going down the parallel-processing rabbithole where
 the cost of providing "Traditional" programmabilility (Virtual Memory,
 SMP) is worse than counter-productive, it's often outright impossible.
 
+*<blockquote>
+Similar to how GPUs achieve astounding task-dedicated
+performance by giving
+ALUs 30% of total silicon area and sacrificing the ability to run
+General-Purpose programs, Aspex, Google's Tensor Processor and D-Matrix
+likewise took this route and made the same compromise.
+</blockquote>*
+
 **In short, we are in "Programmer's nightmare" territory**
 
 Having dug a proverbial hole that rivals the Grand Canyon, and