RISC-v and FPGAs With Ted Speers From Microchip

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In this episode, we discuss with Ted Speers the history of FPGAs and the inclusion of RISC-V technology in Microchip’s latest PolarFire products. Ted is an industry veteran and shares his experiences, including why they chose RISC-V and the resulting benefits. Pay special attention to his general advice starting 1:15:26.

Strategy is not being some smart guy figuring out we are going to do this, this, and this, and it’s all going to work out. Strategy is creating options for yourself. You always want to create optionality. As soon as you get locked into one track, that may lead to failure. So creating optionality, if you are a young person, is what you want to do with your career. One way to create optionality is to meet people. The way you make your own luck is create the options. Then you are in a robust, anti-fragile position.

Ted recommends books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb such as The Black Swan.

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