> Modifying *integrated circuits* is virtually impossible -- Leah
I disagree on that. From my experience it's very possible, but it's usually not economical as people lack the infrastructure and knowledge to develop those at home, where crowd-sourcing and outsourcing the fabrication to a 3rd party is feasible e.g. what DarkRISCV seems to be leaning towards [https://github.com/darklife/darkriscv] I agree that verilog files (basically custom C-inspired programming language used to define the internal wiring of integrated circuits such as CPU, example on https://github.com/darklife/darkriscv/blob/159eb623cc47249cd6fa066571499dfdb9da3bcc/rtl/darkriscv.v) are very important for hardware and software freedom. And i want to also highlight that the production of custom CPUs is very possible and somewhat economical and in terms of the EU In germany BOSCH invested in major semi-conductor factory[https://www.bosch.com/stories/bosch-chip-factory-dresden/] and with Taiwan (who has majority of semi-conductor market share) making their own factory in lithuania[https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4388461] so it's projected that the economical cost of production for these chips will significantly drop in the next 3 years. FWIW to make it understandable to people who are not familiar with the subject i see integrated circuit development accurately represented in Minetest's Mesecons[https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=628] or allegedly Rubystone [https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=17402] (or proprietary minecraft redstone) if that helps anyone understanding the development process.. Basically you have a pulse that in set amount of time reaches set amount of conductor lenght that you then work with. Video showing the development of 8-bit computer in minetest's mesecons for reference: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=tVAcJHHmkIA On 1/25/22 13:48, Leah Rowe wrote:
Modifying *integrated circuits*
is virtually impossible -- Jacob Hrbek
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