12 May
2010
12 May
'10
11:06 a.m.
How do I know what's inside a 7400 NAND? Maybe
it's a bunch of hobbits
pushing cranks!
Well, in the case of the 7400, there's a transistor-level schematic in
the datasheet (which I have to hand). It seems pretty accurate.
I trust the minimal block diagrams in modern CPU data sheets rather less.
-tony