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Imryl
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I’m a computer engineer. I now design for ASICs (application specific integrated circuits) and FPGAs (Field programmable gate arrays). Basically I work on microchips. ASICs are the sort of special chips that do a single task, and do it very well. If you were to crack open your smart phone, you’d find a bunch of small ASICs that help that phone do all the nifty functions. FPGA’s are programmable computer chips that can be programmed (and I use the word program loosely here since it’s not like a computer program) multiple times and have different functionality each time.
You get to learn a lot about the internal workings of your computer, your phone, and how networks function.
Cool stuff, and something to consider.
Computer engineers can also function as software people too, because we know the toplevel (software) all the way down to the low level (hardware, electronics).
You make around 70k+ upon graduating. But it is a difficult degree.
You get to learn a lot about the internal workings of your computer, your phone, and how networks function.
Cool stuff, and something to consider.
Computer engineers can also function as software people too, because we know the toplevel (software) all the way down to the low level (hardware, electronics).
You make around 70k+ upon graduating. But it is a difficult degree.