Is Microprocessor/Controller Design Dead?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday June 22, 2006 @03:55PM from the does-the-coffin-have-nails dept.

blanchae asks: "I work for a Canadian post-secondary institute and I have been scouring the web job sites, newspapers and newsgroups for career adds for microprocessor/controller based electronic designers at the technology level (2 years training). We are re-evaluating our curriculum and are looking at the job market as one way of warranting specialization training to existing programs. There's lots of career adds for embedded controller designers with University degrees but not a thing for technology level microprocessor/controller design. It is very puzzling. So the question is: Is microprocessor/controller design dead? Has it moved offshore? Is it off the radar and mainly in small upstart companies (5 to 25 employees) that hire word of mouth and not through the big corporate media methods?"

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Re:FOURTH TSOP!!! by bcat24 · 2006-06-22 16:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

FIFTH TSOP!!! is more like it. ;)
Re:Not *all* dead by JustOK · 2006-06-23 00:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Soviet Russia, clusters Beowulf you (and linux runs it). ---note clever use of an embedded joke, so this post CAN'T be off-topic.

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