Whether it’s multi-core approaches such as the Tile64 or FPGA-based approaches such as the OpenSPARC reported on recently, evidence of the dematerialization trend is everywhere. I recently came upon a site that is at the center of this

In those early days of my career, hardware design was a real man’s game. We designed big boxes with loud fans that roared as if boasting of its impressiveness. Then came ASICs where all of sudden your innovation was miniaturized into something only an inch across. Today, chips are disappearing altogether and the real design work is in IP— making chips and systems are simply manufacturing steps.

The focus of an engineer today is either in creating IP, or assembling others IP into dream fulfilling subsystems. The power and influence of the engineer simply keeps expanding, being able to create larger and larger works from the work of others.

Design & Resuse 

This site should be helpful to people creating solutions requiring devices that interact with the internet.

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