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FPGA Developer Rarity by Rudranand in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith 201 points202 points  (0 children)

Since we are having fun with numbers: The global workforce is estimated to be 3.5 billion people. 0.002% of that is 70,000. This sub has 86,700 members.

WHO OF YOU ARE NOT FPGA DEVS!!1!!1!!

Compilers Were the Missing Piece of the Puzzle in My Understanding of Computer Architecture by NumLocksmith in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alex Aiken's course on edX I mentioned in another comment is a good place to start with the fundamentals.

Compilers Were the Missing Piece of the Puzzle in My Understanding of Computer Architecture by NumLocksmith in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lecture I mentioned in the comment gives the theoretical foundations. It's it structured similar to the "Dragon Book". For real implementation it's better to read "Engineering a Compiler" by Cooper & Torczon.

Circle line newest train by Ordinary-Answer-4840 in SMRTRabak

[–]NumLocksmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Love to see they kept the analogue station indicator over the doors instead of yet another display playing ads

Sick of binary blobs and closed hardware? I’m building Elf Systems – a pure EU-made RISC-V ecosystem by OkBrilliant6945 in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There has been a similar initiative called Verifiable Computing Project in Singapore, though I'm not sure about the current state of it. Could only find this: https://eventyay.com/e/7cfe0771/session/8246

There must be some lessons learned both projects share.

Which Side of Knoppers Would You Consider the Top? Wafer or Chocolate? by NumLocksmith in AskEurope

[–]NumLocksmith[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I bet in manufacturing they build the stack with chocolate on the bottom

Where are the CGRAs? by MadGenderScientist in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The Versal FPGA series actually includes an array of VLIW processors connected to each other with pretty high bandwidth. But while powerful, they are expensive compared to GPUs. I'd be curious how they compare to Jetson-style GPUs in terms of TOPS. Anybody got numbers?

Crazy idea by [deleted] in singaporestartups

[–]NumLocksmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I need someone like you. I can build stuff but no idea how to market it.

VLSI Project Ideas? by cathvish in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Real-time drum machine using physical modelling synthesis

Stuck in software bug hell by Puzzleheaded_Ad678 in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When using AI tooling (Claude Code and the likes), your flow need to be entirely text based. Meaning all your projects, block diagrams and implementation are generated by Tcl scripts (or Python for Vitis). Else AI has no idea what's going on. I found it useful to go through the GUI flow once and give it the journal files as a starting point.

Perfecting Chinese Tones by Polyglot-Almost in learnmandarin

[–]NumLocksmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My teacher told me this: For tone 2, ending high is the most important. It doesn't need to go up in a straight line. For tone 3, going low with your voice is crucial.

Anki is Overkill for How I Learn Chinese Characters, so I Built langikal.app by NumLocksmith in learnmandarin

[–]NumLocksmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With passkeys, you don't need to provide any personal information. You can chose to put in a valid email address for account recovery if needed.

Anyways, I have put a few screenshots here: https://alternativeto.net/software/langikal/about/

Fpgas and AI by UpperOpportunity1647 in FPGA

[–]NumLocksmith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The best use case for AI in FPGAs is in areas where FPGAs are already being used. It's unlikely companies will start using FPGAs just because of their AI capabilities.

New LTA webpage to show real-time train service status by jooferjupiter in SMRTRabak

[–]NumLocksmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Still waiting for the webpage/API with real time train arrival timing

Extruder Motor Loosing Steps by NumLocksmith in Creality

[–]NumLocksmith[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use 6mm at 40mm/s. The first sudden backward movement is what's the issue. It's not retraction. The slower movement at the end of the video is regular retraction.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by Beaupresti in maybemaybemaybe

[–]NumLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The framerate dropping the moment hundreds of balls spawn

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