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Facebook’s hinted it will join the ranks of hyperscalers that roll their own silicon, with a job ad for an “ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer”. The ad says The Social Network™ wants “a silicon design engineer …. with expertise in architecting and designing semi-custom and fully custom ASICs. The role involves evaluating, developing …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Sounds familiar

    Reminds me of the last couple of years of the pre-dot-bomb boom. I was working in a SP and when my mom asked me whom do I work for I answered: "The Mob".

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Do you have to learn Russian for the job? I can't check the specs because Facebook is consigned to the eighth circle of hell.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      If all other options come up drier-than-dry, ask them if they need a translator, at least for a 'tweener

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    I remember years ago someone describing a conversation they'd had with a recruiter. They'd been contacted about a new venture with very sketchy details but a stunningly huge salary so they'd started thinking that it sounded worthwhile even if they quit after a year .... until the recruiter added the fatal extra "and you'll be working with Sir Clive Sinclair"

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      Hehe

      Can be more fun.

      R: Are you open to new opportunities?

      Me: Yeah, why not, provided that they are not something criminal or illegal.

      Q: It is with a company about which there is lots of bad publicity, but they are really not doing anything illegal.

      Me: OK, whats their name

      R: I just wanted to emphasize that what they are doing is not illegal...

      Me, R, Me, R, Me, R - 10 several times

      Me: What's their name or I am putting the phone down.

      R: Their name is Phorm.

      ....

      Crickets...

      ....

      Phone down

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  4. MiguelC Silver badge

    "However The Register often hears tails"

    I bet you hear them 'cause they're wagging vigorously at the salaries being offered!

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Always good to hear...

    ... of tech companies starting up their own in-house/COT design teams.

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  6. knarf

    What this is....

    home hub ... no.. low power discounts this.

    Phone/tablet.. maybe

    Spy devices...... ticks all the boxes.

    Mr Zuck Control system..... maybe.. Needs to be more human, more Mr Data than Mr Data

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  7. JohnFen

    Nope and nope

    Since I already view people who work for Facebook as having a dubious ethics, I certainly wouldn't want to join them in any capacity. Not only would I have trouble living with myself if I did, but I don't need to give others reason to doubt my ethics.

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  8. Tom 7

    To be fair

    unless you own your own company the chances of it being bought out by some ethically defective fuckwit is around 95% anyway.

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