Know before your role does.
pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
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Your job has an expiration date
May 24, 2028
In 1 year, 7 monthsYou design the chips that will eventually calculate your own obsolescence.
Master of logic gates and eternal timing closure.
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Automated logic synthesis for the next era.








toast.youAI▸ SILICONARCHITECT V9▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 7 MONTHSAI's Special Power
optimizes gate layouts during your coffee break
You create complex integrated circuit schematics and perform timing analysis to ensure data moves through silicon correctly.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still intuit why a specific signal path failed under non-standard thermal stress.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 9
AI checkers catch syntax errors in your HDL code instantly.
Month 3
Logic synthesis tools generate optimal gate nets without manual input.
Month 8
Algorithms handle all back-end timing adjustments and physical routing constraints.
Month 14
Neural nets simulate thermal impacts better than any human engineer.
Month 19 · D-Day
Your access to the proprietary EDA software suite is revoked.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96%
Zero tolerated
Tape-out errors per month
Picoseconds
Average clock jitter tolerance
Trillions
Simulation cycles run
Your severance
A one-way ticket to a legacy fab maintenance role.
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