Comment on How are computer chips designed?

jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• 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.

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• flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

  …mit.edu/…/the-elements-of-computing-systems/

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• 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.

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  • sheridan@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    See my reply to jcubed above

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