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What's new? Unless you are manipulating logic gates directly you are working at some layer of abstraction, and there is no way to tell how many layers are below
by api 8y ago
What's new? Unless you are manipulating logic gates directly you are working at some layer of abstraction, and there is no way to tell how many layers are below you. Modern CPUs long ago ceased being directly manipulated gate machines where instructions mapped straight into logic. Instead they are basically VMs that execute microcode.
- dblotsky 8y agoPhysical virtual machines? ;)
- mannykannot 8y agoYou might as well ask "what's new? the laws of physics haven't changed" about anything in computer science, or, indeed, in any technology. It's not a useful point of view.