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0 pointsthesimon8y ago0 comments

>Now, when FPGAs become more and more popular, people will be forced to learn VHDL languages and then different lesser-known techniques will surface.

Isn't that already part of a normal CS degree? We needed to learn VHDL to program a Atmel ATTiny for class.

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maffydub8y ago

Are you sure you learnt VHDL? As I understood it, the ATTiny isn't an FPGA but an 8-bit microcontroller.

Learning some form of assembly language at university is (probably) reasonably common.

Learning VHDL (for programming FPGAs) is less common - I did for my Computer Science degree, but this was about 15 years ago, so I don't know if it's still common.

ctw8y ago

Just one data point, but I'm currently at school for Computer Engineering and we learn and use VHDL and Verilog for several courses. We use it to program Altera FPGA's.

maffydub8y ago

Glad to hear it's still being taught! I was using Altera FPGAs too, although I suspect they're quite a lot higher gate count now. (My second year project was an FPGA implementation of the EDSAC computer from the 1940s - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_delay_storage_autom...)

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0 pointsthesimon8y ago0 comments

>Now, when FPGAs become more and more popular, people will be forced to learn VHDL languages and then different lesser-known techniques will surface.

Isn't that already part of a normal CS degree? We needed to learn VHDL to program a Atmel ATTiny for class.

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maffydub8y ago

Are you sure you learnt VHDL? As I understood it, the ATTiny isn't an FPGA but an 8-bit microcontroller.

Learning some form of assembly language at university is (probably) reasonably common.

Learning VHDL (for programming FPGAs) is less common - I did for my Computer Science degree, but this was about 15 years ago, so I don't know if it's still common.

ctw8y ago

Just one data point, but I'm currently at school for Computer Engineering and we learn and use VHDL and Verilog for several courses. We use it to program Altera FPGA's.

maffydub8y ago

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