It also makes me very grateful for the magic that goes on behind the scenes whenever I plug in a high speed USB device and it 'just works', the kind of wizardry involved for this sort of thing is highly underappreciated.
But I also have a soft spot for the GA144, which represents the other extreme, it's what one man can do versus what a whole team of talented engineers can do.
Yes.
> Can you tell more about your job?
This is my boss giving a talk about the tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQd-suLvzQ
It was developed at a startup called Barefoot Networks, which was acquired by Intel a few years ago.
What else do you want to know?
Is your team hiring? I'm working at Intel, though far from hardware design - in the MPI library's team. In my spare time I learned Common Lisp and some basics of hardware design, so I would be happy to make my hobbies relevant to my job and work with you.