FPGA, what is the current state?

Question

Electronics

How promising is it now to take on the study of FPGAs, how difficult is it to find a job and what should a junior know?
I myself have a little experience in programming microcontrollers, which I really like, and they pay well for it, but it’s quite difficult to find projects on this topic, while I work on orders, I can’t find a constant, but I really like electronics. The web does not attract at all, mobile applications too, but a 4th year student needs to go somewhere.

Answer 1

To know MK and FPGA is an order of magnitude better than just MK. With the help of an FPGA connected to the MK, it is possible to make complex projects much faster and better in which you need to control something complex or fast, or where you need a lot of outputs (more than 100 pieces for example), and so on. Thus, such a developer can do almost everything related to hardware ... (with the exception of what is related to ethernet and Internet networks - this requires single-board ARM Cortex Ax with full-fledged Lunix and full-fledged network protocols).
Even simple peripherals are often easier and faster to make on plis than to deal with timers, DMA, etc.
But it is more expensive and the board is larger, but the separation is good - plis pulls its legs and makes realtime, and MK counts and controls and pulls low-speed or non-realtime hardware as a display , buttons, etc.
Moreover, such a developer, in fact, becomes indispensable ... and this is to some extent a minus - it is almost impossible to go on vacation, and rarely can they raise the salary - often there is no money and the salary is already the maximum at the enterprise.

Answer 2

All sorts of state research institutes and private offices attached to them.

Answer 3

it seems like intel plans to stick it into the motherboard \ percent in a couple of years, probably the popularity will grow

Answer 4

The market in Russia is very small and salaries are not very high (there are few employers and it is easy for them to negotiate).
FPGAs occupy three niches - between microcontrollers and custom systems on a chip (SoC), replacing a large amount of "loose" and prototyping SoCs and individual microcircuit units.
In general, in microelectronics, these niches are promising and it is useful to master the technologies that are difficult there.

Answer 5

Nowadays, microcontrollers and microprocessors have become faster and have taken over most of the FPGA functionality.
The FPGA market in Russia is a very small market, you can look at HH. Some choice is only in Moscow. Average salaries are lower than other embedded solutions. There is virtually no chance of earning an apartment on FPGAs.
Employers usually do not allow combining microprocessors and FPGAs, they have a separation of functions, most likely that FPGA developers go to programmers for large salaries if they gain experience in programming.
Employers 80-100% defense industry, government order. Few commercial firms need FPGAs, and those who believe that FPGAs will save them usually do not understand the principles of FPGA operation.
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