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Die shots of as many CPUs and other interesting chips as possible

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219 points uticus | 1 comments | 17 Oct 25 18:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.28s | source
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mk89 ◴[22 Oct 25 15:33 UTC] No.45670689[source]▶
How can someone explain this to a kid? Is there somewhere an even more simplified version than Arduino or similar to show how all these things actually work? I know arduino is not a cpu, but overall, how these things work together, would be great to see/show.

I don't expect to show how electrons move :) I mean, some model, a toy or so, that shows how these things work. I remember it only from books/specs, but even there, at a certain point there are "limits" :)

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1. devilbunny ◴[22 Oct 25 16:45 UTC] No.45671798[source]▶
Some of the later steps may be beyond them, depending on the child's age, but Charles Petzold's wonderful book Code explains how you could set up a processor from logic gates with only a little handwaving.

If they are a little older and interested, NAND 2 Tetris is a good self-paced course.