INTL 3:770/1 3:770/3   
   REPLYADDR theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk   
   REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP   
   MSGID: <3al*5WTRz@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> bb82f9f4   
   REPLY: <20240813152050.18f2484c49430698a504df06@eircom.net> fa62f7f0   
   PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
   Ahem A Rivet's Shot  wrote:   
   > On 13 Aug 2024 14:01:07 +0100 (BST)   
   > Theo  wrote:   
   >   
   > > It's easy to write a core   
   >   
   >         I wish I could take that statement back to say 1975.   
      
   In those days you'd 'write' the core...  by drawing the transistors with   
   pens (or sticky tapes, hence 'tape out').   
      
   But those cores gave us computing power which we could use to design the   
   next generation of chips.  Repeat for 50 years and now the computer does the   
   drawing and we just have to tell it what to draw (and write the compiler, of   
   course).   
      
   Theo   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/19 16/0 19/37 80/1 90/1 105/81 106/201 123/130 129/305   
   SEEN-BY: 142/104 153/757 7715 203/0 218/700 840 220/70 221/1 6 242   
   SEEN-BY: 221/360 226/17 30 100 227/114 229/110 111 114 200 206 300   
   SEEN-BY: 229/317 400 426 428 470 550 616 664 700 230/0 240/5832 266/512   
   SEEN-BY: 267/800 280/5003 282/1038 291/111 292/854 301/1 310/31 320/119   
   SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 2119 322/757 762 325/304 335/364 341/66 342/200   
   SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/81 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 3 100 330 340   
   SEEN-BY: 772/210 220 230 5020/400 5053/58 5058/104 5075/35   
   PATH: 770/3 1 218/840 221/6 1 320/219 229/426