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October 21, 2028
In 2 yearsYour custom gate logic is just a slow, expensive configuration file.
Master of VHDL, Verilog, and eternal compile-time dread.
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You write hardware description languages to define circuit logic and develop low-level firmware for embedded hardware systems.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still explain why the hardware timing actually failed at 3 a.m.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
AI checkers catch your syntax errors before you even compile.
Month 5
Generative models draft your standard peripheral drivers and state machines.
Month 10
Adaptive algorithms resolve timing closure without human iteration.
Month 16
Logic analyzers are replaced by perfect digital twin simulations.
Year 2 · D-Day
The machine generates the entire bitstream from a single prompt.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 97%
4 cups
Coffee consumed per commit
60 percent
Time spent debugging timing closure
12 hours
Average compile wait time
Your severance
A vintage soldering iron and a firm handshake.
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