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wang_li • today at 5:59 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

A nand gate takes 2 transistors. So 554,000 transistors if this were manufactured in a physical device.

By way of comparison, the Intel i386 had 275,000 transistors.


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matja • today at 6:04 PM

Most of the gate budget here is on SRAM used for system memory and video memory, so not exactly comparable to a i386 which had neither on-die.

ohazi • today at 6:08 PM

4 transistors for a two-input NAND gate in CMOS.

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HarHarVeryFunny • today at 6:38 PM

ARM1 was only 25,000 transistors.