Associate
Just had a strange thought. It happens occasionally.
If it were possible (and I assume it would be, technically) to build a working CPU out of discrete components- i.e off-the-shelf transistors, bits of wire, resistors etc instead of etching onto silicon at microscopic level, how big would the result be?
Say I wanted to build a 'full-size', working Ryzen 3700X out of stuff from the RS catalogue, what sort of aircraft hangar would I need to house it?
And more importantly, are there enough years left to build it, before the sun swells up and engulfs the inner planets?
Told you it was a strange thought...
So GD can have it.
If it were possible (and I assume it would be, technically) to build a working CPU out of discrete components- i.e off-the-shelf transistors, bits of wire, resistors etc instead of etching onto silicon at microscopic level, how big would the result be?
Say I wanted to build a 'full-size', working Ryzen 3700X out of stuff from the RS catalogue, what sort of aircraft hangar would I need to house it?
And more importantly, are there enough years left to build it, before the sun swells up and engulfs the inner planets?
Told you it was a strange thought...
So GD can have it.