It sounds awfully like “the elements of computer systems” but I still haven’t gotten around to working through it so don’t really know.
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jqubed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What was the book and would you recommend it?
- flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
- demi_demi_demi@fedia.io 23 hours ago- I'm also curious about this. Conceptually I understand the types of logic used for inferencing, and I have a modest high-level understanding of the material science behind the production and etching of silicon wafers. It would be interesting to finally learn how that logic is implemented into a physical logic gate though. - sheridan@lemmy.world 21 hours ago- See my reply to jcubed above 
 
sheridan@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
“But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone” by J Clark Scott. It’s a short self published book aimed at laypersons written in a very simple, sort of conversational style. Through the whole book he guides you to building a functioning computer that does some bitwise operations. I built most of the computer in a simulator program called Logism (cburch.com/logisim/).
I’d recommend it if you’re looking for an easy introduction to the topic. It was a fun read for me. Get the print version; some of the diagrams in the Kindle version are badly compressed.