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mdaverveldton Intel vs GlobalFoundries at the leading edge

Actual logic design is done using standard cells so metrics describing standard cell size are more useful.

Is it really the case that all logic designs use standard cells? I would have expected full custom designs to maybe use a standard design for the transistor but the placement and sizing of the gates is completely custom (e.g. not on a grid).

mdaverveldton FPGA Webserver

Most hft shops have graduate positions. You can contact me if you're interested! (Not sure what the easiest way is with HN though)

mdaverveldton Why FPGA manufacturers keep their bitstream formats secret

Have you got a source on ARMARM? Google and HN are coming up empty.

mdaverveldton A400M Airbus Flier crashed because of software issues

I can confirm similar situations for other EU IT projects. Currently, I am a contractor working on the IT side for the Galileo Satellite System. Although the IT consulting company that I work for pays significantly better then the 18K mentioned (25K-30K range) the quality of the work that is delivered is terrible. The mentioned salary is for graduate engineers.

The attrition rate is terrible and its impossible to keep people who have knowledge of the program on board.

I would guess that 30-50% of our team are inexperienced java software engineers with less then 5 years of working experience. Around 100 people work on our project but there are probably 3-5 people who still have a clear picture of how everything is working / supposed to work.