deep-roots learning program · module 17
Module 17 — Digital hardware: from transistors to silicon
Every chapter: first principles, What insiders know, a See it yourself lab, connections, and a quiz with worked answers.
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From transistors to gates
MOSFETs, CMOS, RC delay, the power equation — the physics under every claim in this program.
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04
The cache in RTL: a tiny CPU's memory system
The 6T cell, a direct-mapped cache in RTL, DRAM timing — module 01 ch02, rebuilt.
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05
From RTL to silicon: the economics of hardware
The foundry model, yield arithmetic, chiplets — why hardware decisions are money decisions.
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the exam