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Re:Write up of my homebrew CPU build by code_biologist on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:42AM (#47423197)
I'm totally with you personally, but sometimes doing the actually hard part is fun. Type 2 fun.

Long ago I took a CPU architecture class and we implemented designs in Verilog as a final project. Apparently people who took the class in the late 90s (before my time) could actually tape-out their designs and pay a few hundred dollars to get fabbed chips as part of a multiproject wafer. I was always curious if those chips actually worked, or just looked pretty.

Re:Write up of my homebrew CPU build by wwarren on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:25PM (#47429440)
Type 2 fun, totally stealing that!