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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:45 am Post subject: Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires |
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Intel's fabrication plants can churn out hundreds of
thousands of processor chips a day. But what does it take to handcraft
a single 8-bit CPU and a computer? Give or take 18 months, about $1,000 and
1,253 pieces of wire. Steve Chamberlin, a Belmont,
California, videogame developer by day, set out on a quest to custom
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