Author: Anant Chetan

  • How to Become an FPGA Engineer: The Roadmap Your Professors Missed

    How to Become an FPGA Engineer: The Roadmap Your Professors Missed

    “What Is the Point of This?” During my bachelor’s, I was sitting in a university lecture hall, staring at the whiteboard, thinking the same thought every engineering student has at least once: “What is the point of this?” The professor was explaining Karnaugh maps, flip-flops, and Z-transforms. He explained how to solve problems, but never…

  • PSLV-C62 Failure Analysis: Why ISRO’s Workhorse is Struggling in SpaceX era!

    PSLV-C62 Failure Analysis: Why ISRO’s Workhorse is Struggling in SpaceX era!

    For over three decades, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has been the quiet backbone of India’s space ambitions. It launched Chandrayaan-1, carried the Mars Orbiter Mission, and once stunned the world by deploying 104 satellites in a single mission. Within ISRO, PSLV earned a simple nickname: Old Reliable. That reputation is now under pressure.…

  • Hype vs. Reality: Trump’s 50% Tariffs and the Indian Textile Industry

    Hype vs. Reality: Trump’s 50% Tariffs and the Indian Textile Industry

    If you’ve turned on a news channel lately, you’ve seen the “breaking news” banners: “Textile Industry in Ruins,” “Trump’s 50% Tariff Crushes Exporters,” or the latest political gossip about whether PM Modi called President Trump eight times or zero times. The narrative is clear: India is losing, and we should all be panicked. But here…

  • FPGA vs. CPU: Understanding True Parallelism and the Syntax Trap

    FPGA vs. CPU: Understanding True Parallelism and the Syntax Trap

    Coming from C/C++? Learn why FPGA “programming” is a myth. A Firmware Lead explains the Paradox of Parallelism, the Loop Unrolling secret, and why your VHDL code is actually a physical blueprint, not a list of instructions.

  • The Career Everyone Missed: FPGA Engineers in the Age of AI

    The Career Everyone Missed: FPGA Engineers in the Age of AI

    The Great Software Saturation of 2026 Every morning, tech headlines sound the same: “AI writes 80% of enterprise code.”“Junior developer roles vanish as agentic AI matures.” If you’re a student or a mid-career professional looking at the sea of millions of software engineers, that anxiety is real. The software layer of the world is crowded,…

  • The JF-17 Myth: Is Pakistan’s ‘Thunder’ Just a Social Media Success? (Technical Analysis)

    The JF-17 Myth: Is Pakistan’s ‘Thunder’ Just a Social Media Success? (Technical Analysis)

    For years, the JF-17 Thunder has been projected as a symbol of technological self-reliance and airpower parity. On paper, it looks modern. On social media, it looks formidable. In carefully curated narratives, it looks almost unstoppable. But wars are not fought on timelines, hashtags, or promotional videos. They are fought in airspace where physics, engineering…

  • Rupee Falls to 90: Crisis, Politics, or Economics Explained

    Rupee Falls to 90: Crisis, Politics, or Economics Explained

    As we enter 2026, one number dominates headlines, prime-time debates, and political speeches alike: ₹90 per US Dollar. To some, it signals economic decay.To others, it reflects global turbulence beyond India’s control.And on social media, it’s reduced to a meme: “From 60 to 90—what happened?” But currencies don’t move on emotions, nationalism, or TV debates.They…

  • ₹79,000 Crore DAC Approvals: How India’s ‘Arms Race’ Is Fuelling Atmanirbhar Growth

    ₹79,000 Crore DAC Approvals: How India’s ‘Arms Race’ Is Fuelling Atmanirbhar Growth

    In a post-Operation Sindoor world, where regional tensions have escalated, India’s latest defence splash might look like the start of a costly arms race. On December 29, 2025, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, cleared procurement proposals worth nearly ₹79,000 crore—one of the largest single-sitting approvals in recent history. This…