Reader small image

You're reading from  Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition - Second Edition

Product typeBook
Published inMay 2022
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803234519
Edition2nd Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Jim Ledin
Jim Ledin
author image
Jim Ledin

Jim Ledin is the CEO of Ledin Engineering, Inc. Jim is an expert in embedded software and hardware design and testing. He is also an expert in system cybersecurity assessment and penetration testing. He has a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University and an M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jim is a registered professional electrical engineer in California, a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and a Certified Penetration Tester (CPT).
Read more about Jim Ledin

Right arrow

Building a future-tolerant skill set

Given the technological transitions that kicked off the era of transistor-based digital computing, and the possibility of similar future events, it is important for professionals in the field of computer architecture to keep up with ongoing advances and to develop some intuition regarding the likely directions the technology will take in the future. This section provides some recommended practices for keeping up with the state of the art in computing technology.

Continuous learning

Computer architecture professionals must embrace the idea that technology continues to evolve rapidly, and they must devote substantial ongoing effort to monitoring advances and factoring new developments into their day-to-day work and career-planning decisions.

The prudent professional relies on a wide variety of information sources to track technological developments and assess their impact on career goals. Some sources of information, such as traditional...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition - Second Edition
Published in: May 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803234519

Author (1)

author image
Jim Ledin

Jim Ledin is the CEO of Ledin Engineering, Inc. Jim is an expert in embedded software and hardware design and testing. He is also an expert in system cybersecurity assessment and penetration testing. He has a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University and an M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jim is a registered professional electrical engineer in California, a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and a Certified Penetration Tester (CPT).
Read more about Jim Ledin