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This last week was insane, even though I only had class for the first three days of the week (woowoo Easter Break) they were some intense three days. That compiler project I was working on really went down to the wire, with me submitting it at around 11:42PM - 18 minutes before it was due. What was most discouraging is that during the last hours of working on the project, I noticed that the specs and due dates for our next homework and project were also posted. Though I would normally breathe a sigh of relief after a huge project like that one was complete, I had no time as I had a midterm 9 hours later to start studying for. I did my best that night, woke up early the next morning and got back to the studying.
This next week is even more hellish, with a huge project due for my ASIC design class. The idea is to develop a chip that can match text in hardware, which doesn't seem like a big deal but is a pain to make. Quite possibly the biggest PITA is dealing with various memory bus widths and throughputs on the chip, juggling a 256-bit memory bus to an input memory and trying to keep it fully utilized while only being able to match words at 64-bits/clock (at best) is turning out to be somewhat of a challenge (throw in a 16-bit output bus and it just gets hairy). The one thing my life as a computer engineer has taught me is that these folks working at AMD/Intel, ATI/NVIDIA, etc... work *hard* and manage to solve some tough problems - some just seem to do a great job at it, while others do a spectacular job at it.
Why am I posting at this normally slumber-filled hour of the morning? I'm about to drive up to D.C. for Bhangra Blowout. This is only my second time going (I went last year) but I had a blast last year and I'm expecting this year to be just as enjoyable. Of course Vinney is taking a train down to D.C. to meet me so that'll make things infinitely more fun.
I'll be back Sunday night to get back to work on these projects...ok who am I kidding, I'm taking my work up with me to D.C. too. I can't wait to be able to put my hours back towards AT again...after May 11th it'll be the first time I've ever written for AT without being in school, I honestly can't believe that. It's been a long time, 7 years come 4/26. Enough reminiscing for now though, I-95 is calling my name.
Take care and have a great weekend :)