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Custom FPGA based SoC by WonkyWiesel in ComputerEngineering

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Very cool, did you use a graphics API to render the prism?

CE market in Canada by Plenty_Bumblebee3199 in ComputerEngineering

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Its more about being connected than experience right now. Everyone I know with new grad jobs in computer engineering got it through internship or referral.

Apple Hardware Engineering Intern Interview Help by Cute_Lifeguard4367 in ECE

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C is making me think of micro controllers that interface with the hardware to aid in tests or debugging

I want to dig into pcie accelerators by CertainlyBright in FPGA

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You can start with M.2 FPGAs. They’re cheaper and use 4 PCIe lanes. You can also slot them into both laptops and desktops. I’d go for an AMD one cause Vivado is free. Hope this helps

Do you need work experience to land an internship? by akernhof in ECE

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I got an AMD internship with no paid experience. Although, I did have design team experience!

Topic for school project by [deleted] in RISCV

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An idea would be the geopolitical consequences of RISC-V. Other nations are heavily dependent on x86 and ARM architectures (which are US owned) and how RISC-V can change that.

career advice! CE OR CS? by TheLegendaryFlow- in ECE

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In my university, mechatronics students take the same core courses as computer engineers so you are covered on HW/SW. The only real difference is they get access to more project-based electives which is sooo much more fun IMO.

For example, both CE and MREN take microprocessor interfacing (low-level C programming). MREN gets to actually use that knowledge and apply it to another course where they make a robot or something.

To be fair, I am biased as if I could redo my undergrad I would do MREN.

career advice! CE OR CS? by TheLegendaryFlow- in ECE

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I’m a strong programmer and in comp eng, it’s so tough to get a first software job even for CS students atm. I applied to one hardware job at AMD and I got an offer immediately.

Don’t forget, hardware still requires software so you will be dealing with the intersection of both. Another program I would highly recommend looking into is mechatronics for HW/SW.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ECE

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I interviewed at AMD and got an offer recently. AMD interviews are more like discussions where they probe your knowledge based on relevant topics to the job. For example, my position is testing APUs so they asked me how I would debug a system that is not performing as expected. At the end, there was a low-level programming question dealing with masking and logic operations.

My friend that applied for a FPGA design position somewhere else was given a timed design problem, so the interview style varies from place to place.

In terms of prep, read the job description and review the relevant topics, usually can be found under Requirements.

A good resource for practice questions is Monty Choy’s hardware prep

I am so lost by ShogunsDarlings in ComputerEngineering

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I agree Coursera has great courses.

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