Oh, solid state physics is plenty complicated. But in the regime where computers operate, you can successfully model the chip as a bunch of discrete signals an

Oh, solid state physics is plenty complicated. But in the regime where computers operate, you can successfully model the chip as a bunch of discrete signals and NAND gates and shit (ignorance showing through here). And, yes, I swept computational physics under the rug. Ironic, really, because that's my niche.