 In particular, Intel's $17B acquisition of Altera, the second largest FPGA company worldwide, in 2015 signaled that customizable computing is becoming mainstream.The CDSC project led another new startup cofounded by Cong, named Falcon Computing Solutions, which focuses on enabling FPGA-based customized computing in data centers.Cong’s research on interconnect-centric design for integrated circuits plays a significant role in overcoming the timing closure challenge in deep submicron designs in 1990s.