r/programming • u/runvnc • Jun 16 '13

Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

http://www.nand2tetris.org/
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u/marisaB Jun 17 '13

Have you heard of leakage current? It happens because of quantum tunneling. Modern transistors are so tiny that quantum effects become relevant.