Show HN: A game where you build a GPU

We need more games like this so that the younger population get some sort of exposure to the hardware side of things, before AI takes over that field. I would also think that take-home electronic and soldering kits for adults and younger folks would be another way to reduce dependance on AI.

Re: Show HN: A game where you build a GPU

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Post by SilentM68 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

nottorp wrote: post #3

În a few years it will be the only way to explain the kids what a GPU is. Unless you work for an “AI” shop and sneak them into the data center.

Exactly :(

Re: Show HN: A game where you build a GPU

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Post by agrishin » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC

Great project! I somehow missed whole cpu architecture topic, so gonna catch up on that now

Re: Show HN: A game where you build a GPU

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Post by buildbot » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

This would be such a good game for introducing students to digital technology! This is so fun! We just had to draw them by hand back in the dark ages of the 2010s.

Re: Show HN: A game where you build a GPU

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Post by Jaso1024 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

agrishin wrote: post #7

Great project! I somehow missed whole cpu architecture topic, so gonna catch up on that now

Yeah, fortunately I made cpu arch part of the game, so it'll serve great for that as well

Re: Show HN: A game where you build a GPU

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Post by Jaso1024 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC

buildbot wrote: post #8

This would be such a good game for introducing students to digital technology! This is so fun! We just had to draw them by hand back in the dark ages of the 2010s.

Thx, way better (imo) than just reading slides or (god forbid) pure text describing comp arch