- NIST to lose 100's of mainly CHIPS Act people - If no people are left to administer CHIPS Act it dies by default - Following USAID play book to kill an unwanted program - Using the
Every manufactured product, from toasters and automobiles to ballistic missiles, runs on computer chips. The United States invented the integrated circuit but now fabricates just 12 percent of the world’s chips, and none of the most advanced versions.
As a dude that got a BS in Computer Engineering only to give up on the industry, yeah. That tracks. AMD and Intel were like “got a PhD and post-doc work? No? Maybe go fuck yourself, work in verification/validation for a decade at 40k/year, and then maybe we’ll consider you.” So I said “oh well” and wrote code instead. If I could tell my decade-younger self one thing, it’d be: Learn Chinese.
As a dude that got a BS in Computer Engineering only to give up on the industry, yeah. That tracks. AMD and Intel were like “got a PhD and post-doc work? No? Maybe go fuck yourself, work in verification/validation for a decade at 40k/year, and then maybe we’ll consider you.” So I said “oh well” and wrote code instead. If I could tell my decade-younger self one thing, it’d be: Learn Chinese.
Same, I really wish I started learning Chinese sooner. I’m making up for that now though, it’s never too late. :)