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Re: CPU design

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: CPU design
Date 2026-04-04 22:18 +0200
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On 2026-04-04 19:57, c186282 wrote:
> On 4/4/26 07:20, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2026-04-03 22:29, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 4/3/26 16:00, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> On 2026-04-03 20:47, c186282 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>>    Also tried to look up the "how to" for CPU operation.
>>>>>    Endless pages of stuff - but all 'higher level' stuff,
>>>>>    nothing at the base wiring level - explanations rather
>>>>>    than construction schematics.
>>>>
>>>> Because that is another step. Possibly even different people.
>>>
>>>    Didn't find any, even going four or five
>>>    pages in and trying to customize the search
>>>    params a few times.
>>>
>>>    The info is there SOMEWHERE ... but WHERE ???
>>>
>>>    Or do they want you to buy a $150 book ?
>>
>> Possibly. What I learned was in an UNI course, it was not in a book. 
>> In fact, I think they used an imaginary CPU that does not exist, so no 
>> books at all except class notes. I don't remember if there was some 
>> self published book (photocopied).
> 
>    Someone who CAN should put together a simple
>    animation ... show those registers loading
>    at the bit level, the mem fetch, the decode,
>    the data store, what's wired to what with a
>    few-sentence comment for each stage. A 4-bit
>    example would be clearer.
> 
>    Sometime, maybe soon, humans won't know how
>    to do this stuff anymore - it'll all be the
>    AIs ... and then it all becomes 'magic'.
> 
>    Interesting eh ... we only pulled ourselves out
>    of a Magical Universe a few hundred years ago
>    and now we're headed back  :-)
> 
>    What IS the proper sacrifice to the Regional
>    Utility Manager AI ?
> 

I posted a link to an schematic of the 6502, showing all transistors. I 
haven't looked if that guy has created more drawings.

Yes, a simulation would be nice.

Yet I assume that there are university courses teaching how to design a CPU.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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