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How to design a microcoded CISC CPU, then a RISC CPU. Nothing fancy in terms of getting modern applications to run on it, but it was a lot of fun seeing how much faster it could be than the CISC CPU. I've been looking into FPGAs but maybe I should just pick one and take the plunge.

Re: Ask HN: Coolest thing you learned in 2023?

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How to design a microcoded CISC CPU, then a RISC CPU. Nothing fancy in terms of getting modern applications to run on it, but it was a lot of fun seeing how much faster it could be than the CISC CPU. I've been looking into FPGAs but maybe I should just pick one and take the plunge.

What learning resources and applications did you use?
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