i just would like to know how many firmware people out there.

i heard that not many companies do firmware in Malaysia. is that true?

This post has been edited by emememe: Mar 12 2007, 05:54 PM

Firstly, do you understand what 'firmware' means?

i've been programming in assembly and C for microcontroller 68HC11 and HC12. i also did a little MIPS and now i'm learning VHDL to program PLDs. i think i know what firmware means eventho the term is hardly used in my classes.

This post has been edited by emememe: Mar 12 2007, 06:16 PM

maybe there are some companies in Sg. Way that do firmware design.

yalor what is 'firmware' mean can give more clear definition?

how it works?

i gotta say its between software and hardware, thats why its 'firm'. its hardware programming basically. very low level programming, if u study computer archtecture u'd see theres high and low level programming. the low level interacts 'directly' with the hardware and provides abstraction for the higher ones.

in other words its software embedded in hardware like chips, microcontrollers etc. BIOS is an example, theres software in the BIOS chip that u boot up your PC from to run other programs in your hard drives, CD's etc.

The first paragraph, the low level programming u mentioned is closer to assembly language

okay

This post has been edited by emememe: Mar 12 2007, 08:11 PM

a firmware is written to use with a hardware. if we do not have any company that do a controller board or something like that how do we have people that do firmware?? do for hobby??

i was asking about malaysia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! are there a lot of those company in malaysia????????? MALAYSIA!!!!!!!!!!

Good to hear that a few ASM programmers still exist. We're a dying breed and me myself have let my skill languish for a long time, well most unis and colleges just don't give much emphasis on firmware and are more content to concentrate on high level or object orientated languages.

we are a dying breed? wow. some people should procreate then . cant help coming up with that lame joke.

i enjoyed ASM a whole lot more than OOP.

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Added on March 14, 2007, 7:33 pmi was hoping somebody got input about companies needing firmware designer/programmer/engineer.

This post has been edited by emememe: Mar 14 2007, 07:33 PM