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FPGAs not only have no host OS, but they are actual hardware. The only thing you program are lookup tables which then represent logic gates/multiplexers which only have the normal hardware latency. There is literally no software involved in execution.

That's why you can build "any" hardware with them. Even CPUs which then execute your desired software



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