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   Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:   
   > On 13 Aug 2024 14:01:07 +0100 (BST)   
   > Theo  wrote:   
   >   
   > > It's easy to write a core   
   >   
   >         I wish I could take that statement back to say 1975.   
      
   In those days you'd 'write' the core...  by drawing the transistors with   
   pens (or sticky tapes, hence 'tape out').   
      
   But those cores gave us computing power which we could use to design the   
   next generation of chips.  Repeat for 50 years and now the computer does the   
   drawing and we just have to tell it what to draw (and write the compiler, of   
   course).   
      
   Theo   
      
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