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What will I need to know to design my own CPU?

I would like to design and create my own cpu I don't plan on it being very fast I would just like to do it for the fun of it. What would i have to learn accomplish this?

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  • 8 years ago
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    We are assuming that you know that the CPU is the Central Processing Unit and not an actual

    PC so you would need a degree in computer science, electronics, and a myriad of other things that might take as much as 15 years to complete.

    Inside the CPU are thousands of circuits too small to see with the human eye without a really good magnifying glass. The CPU also has to be manufactured in a clean environment, workers have to wear protective clothing and masks so to avoid any sort of human contact, and that it takes about 30 people to put one together.

    If you want to try to build one, you will need about 2 oz of gold as that is the main connectivity element of the cpu, dust free clothing, a really good magnifying glass, and knowledge of computer sciences and other things.

    Edit - You might also need a soldering iron (for melting the gold to form the connections and some sort of baked clay to hold all that stuff together for the final product.

  • Ivan
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    Things to learn:

    Slot types... it will never work if it doesn't fit into a MOBO.

    Cache... Built in memory for th CPU

    Cores... Hard to explain.

    GHZ... How well is the built in clock

    That is all i could think of right now. I tried building my own RAM slot but it failed. A CPU is even harder to work on.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • n/a
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    A knowledge of the inter workings of aCPU

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