Show HN: Online challenge: Build a CPU from scratch

Re:Show HN: Online challenge: Build a CPU from scratch by sergex on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:05AM (#17515320)

Interesting idea, but how should this be determined? Would it be a "cost" per transistor and wirelength, and then the minimum clock cycle time would be the "worst case" path through the circuit?

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Re:Show HN: Online challenge: Build a CPU from scratch by jakear on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:49AM (#17520977)

Yes exactly. The 6.004 course at MIT already has software that does this sort of thing.

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Re:Show HN: Online challenge: Build a CPU from scratch by sergex on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:00AM (#17521228)

Thanks, it is a very cool idea. I wanted to make the game really simple and accessible, but there seem to be interest in optimization challenges like finding the smallest/cheapest/fastest possible solution.

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