<i>the real problem is still verification of the shipped product</i><p>In that vein, there is a lot about a modern FPGA that&#x27;s a &quot;binary blob&quot;. Do you fully trust Xilinx? Do you fully trust Altera?<p>Do you continue to trust Altera now that they are a subsidiary of Intel? If so, why don&#x27;t you just trust Intel directly? Perhaps it&#x27;s turtles all the way down? :)