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1. fwlr · 1790854538 · focus · HN ↗

       GPT-Synopsys brings together OpenAI frontier models with Synopsys' EDA technology and domain expertise, enabling the specialized model [to] directly operate Synopsys' tools. Engineers will delegate design objectives … with agents running tools, interpreting results, implementing changes, and iterating toward verified outcomes for engineer review.
   
   

   “Agents will do all the engineering work. Engineers will delegate and review.” Lol, no, what the engineers are gonna do is get laid off.

   1. petra · 1790856518 · focus · HN ↗

      Chips design is expensive. Partly because of engineering costs, partly because of manufacturing costs.

      If costs go down enough,because of LLM's and possible manufacturing innovations, more chips will be designed, so maybe this will partially offset job loses.

      1. hn_acc1 · 1790886453 · focus · HN ↗

         When TSMC capacity is already sold out for a couple of years, and demand just for plain RAM is through the roof, where will these "more chips" be actually fabbed?

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