Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a negative voltage

Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by smitty1e on Saturday July 25, 2020 @02:49PM (#23951495)

> 3. Prototype designs always work.

Looked jolly awesome on the whiteboard, though.

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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by formerly_proven on Saturday July 25, 2020 @10:25PM (#23953922)

I assume this isn't a joke, but rather refers to handfitted prototypes working, where a massproduced item would not without significant engineering: if you tweak it until it works, it works.

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Re:Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a neg... by smitty1e on Sunday July 26, 2020 @06:43AM (#23956049)

I interpreted it to mean that the on-paper design can hang together nicely, until it's instantiated in some hardware, followed by the "Oh, yeah. . ." moment.

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