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NAND-16: a computer built from 277,248 NAND gates

186 points · 101 comments · rossant

  1. wang_li · · focus · HN ↗
    A nand gate takes 2 transistors. So 554,000 transistors if this were manufactured in a physical device.

    By way of comparison, the Intel i386 had 275,000 transistors.

    1. HarHarVeryFunny · · focus · HN ↗
      ARM1 was only 25,000 transistors.
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