Know before your role does.
pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
Will AI replace Pre-Silicon Validation Engineer jobs? · Latest report #trkmv2um
Your job has an expiration date
May 25, 2028
In 1 year, 7 monthsTesting virtual circuits until the real one is just as broken.
Gate-level gatekeeper, debugging silicon before it even exists.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Closing the timing gap without the coffee.




oof.youAI▸ VERIFYCORE-X9▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 7 MONTHSAI's Special Power
accelerates gate-level simulation past hardware bottlenecks
You hunt logic bugs in RTL code and run massive FPGA emulation cycles before physical production.
The one thing AI can't do
You possess the intuition to spot a hardware race condition that defies simple logic verification.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 5
Smart agents write the test vectors instead of your interns.
Month 4
Cloud-based emulation farms run all your regressions in parallel.
Month 9
Vision models flag RTL logic errors while you are still typing.
Month 14
The system validates the design against the spec without human oversight.
Month 19 · D-Day
Your workstation is repurposed as a very expensive cooling fan.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96.9%
2.4 percent
Average bug escape rate
12 liters
Weekly coffee intake
quadrillions
Simulation cycles per day
Your severance
A lifetime subscription to your favorite synthesis software.
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