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re: FRANKENCHIP - This will change how computing is done
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:39 pm to SpidermanTUba
Posted on 7/6/14 at 8:39 pm to SpidermanTUba
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I would seriously recommend any software engineers who engineer software in which performance is crucial to immediately start learning Verilog. Your job may depend on it.
There's still guys out there making a living on COBOL.
I think the future for software engineers, whatever they write in, is ok.
Posted on 7/10/14 at 2:23 pm to Meauxjeaux
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There's still guys out there making a living on COBOL.
I think the future for software engineers, whatever they write in, is ok.
I agree - when it comes to actual software programming.
Verilog (and others like it) is a hardware programming language. Its syntax is similar - but its works in a very different way. Rather than describing an algorithm - you're describing how a bunch of digital electric circuits hook up. All the modules in the "program" are "running" at all times in parallel - essentially. You are describing data-flow rather than an algorithm. You also need to know a thing or two about electric circuits to make efficient code.
There are engineers translating C and C++ code into Verilog right now. They'll see 10X -100X performance improvements - you don't get that from switching from COBOL to C++. This is a whole different ballgame. If software engineers don't start playing electrical engineer on the side - the electrical engineers playing software engineer on the side may beat them.
This post was edited on 7/10/14 at 2:25 pm
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