FPGAs in Supercomputers - Opportunity or Folly?

Supercomputers play an important role in the field of computational science, and are used for a wide range of computationally intensive tasks in various fields. So far, the building blocks for supercomputers have been dominated by CPUs and GPUs. Although FPGAs start to play an important role for cloud computing such as those used in AWS and Microsoft Azure, FPGAs haven't been adopted to build top supercomputers yet. In this evening panel, panelists from industry, research institute, and academia will attempt to answer the following questions, propose actions, and present their point of view through lively discussions and debates. 1)Is there a need to bring FPGAs into supercomputers? Why or why not? 2)Are there unique applications that are specifically suitable for FPGAs for supercomputing fields? 3)What are the challenges and/or major issues facing FPGAs for supporting supercomputing? 4)What and where are the opportunities? Who are the stakeholders? 5)Name one thing that the FPGA industry should (or should not) do in the near term to facilitate FPGA's induction into supercomputers.