I'm curious about how the early handheld video games from the
70's and 80's worked. You know, those small games with a LCD
display with "fixed elements" meaning it was hard wired for one
(or a small ... I'm wondering what type of buffers/techniques
are typically used for connecting a cpu register(flip flops?) to
a cpu bus(data/address/control). Since there are many registers
on a single bus, I know ... I am toying with designing a simple
8-bit CPU out of basic logic components. I have a fairly good
idea of how my ALU and registers will interact, but the one
thing I feel can use some improvement is ... It is a known fact
that over time processors (or chips) are becoming smaller and
smaller. Intel and AMD are in a race for the smallest standards
(45nm, 32nm, 18nm, ..). But why is it so important to ...