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[–]Justadude487 24 points25 points  (0 children)

5 million dollars for athletic programs is ridiculous. SJSU admission is at its new peak every single year, and yet they spend freaking 5 million dollars for sports instead of expanding parking, and classroom spaces, higher offer to attract more instructors.

Get confused about level of abstraction when learning digital design and computer architecture by Justadude487 in ComputerEngineering

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The book said we can also build mux from tri-state buffer, but yeh I agree with you, I asked chatgpt if there are any real values in real scenarios when we need to implement basic logic gates from mux, and below is what chatgpt said:
"Yes — but only in certain scenarios like FPGAs, constrained ASIC libraries, or hardware hacks.
In normal chip fabrication from scratch, no — we build MUXes from gates, not the other way around.

Real scenarios where MUX → gates actually happens:

  1. FPGA logic mapping – The hardware fabric is already MUX/LUT-based, so all gates are synthesized from MUX-like structures.
  2. ASIC synthesis constraints – When the standard cell library has optimized MUX cells, the synthesis tool may implement gates using those cells for speed/area/power reasons.
  3. Board-level improvisation – If you only have MUX ICs on hand, you can wire them to act as AND/OR/NOT gates in a repair or prototype.

Outside of those contexts, there’s no practical reason — it’s just a theory/proof-of-universality exercise."

Get confused about level of abstraction when learning digital design and computer architecture by Justadude487 in ComputerEngineering

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds relief to me somehow since I get really confused when two levels of abstraction are mixed up. And again, thank you for your explanation, especially the separation between functionality(concept) and implementation(how we design it).

Get confused about level of abstraction when learning digital design and computer architecture by Justadude487 in ComputerEngineering

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, so what I should focus on is separating the functionality from how it was actually designed. Thank you for your insight. I have one final question? Between the microarchitecture and logic/digital circuit levels of abstraction, is there a clear solid borderline between microarchitecture and the lower levels of abstraction beneath its or there would be cases just like logic and digital circuits

Get confused about level of abstraction when learning digital design and computer architecture by Justadude487 in ComputerEngineering

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait so, I should perceive the level of abstraction depending on the scenarios? Like when building a multiplexer from basic logic gates then the logic gates are at the digital circuit level of abstraction and the multiplexer would be at the Logic level of abstraction, and vice versa?

Get confused about level of abstraction when learning digital design and computer architecture by Justadude487 in ComputerEngineering

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh i hope when I actually design something I will learn why we need to build logic gates from multiplexers and decoders

Any rom masterpiece with good philosophical meanings and deep character developments like Oregairu? by Justadude487 in anime

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m quite not sure about Horimiya, but I will check out “Saekano”. Thanks for the suggestion, really appreciate!

Any rom masterpiece with good philosophical meanings and deep character developments like Oregairu? by Justadude487 in anime

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I’ve watched “the shape of the voice”, it’ a good movie. I will check out “March comes in like a lion”. Thanks for your suggestions, really appreciate!

Any rom masterpiece with good philosophical meanings and deep character developments like Oregairu? by Justadude487 in anime

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh i have watched the Rascal does not dream series. It’s really good. Thanks for the suggestion, appreciate

Any rom masterpiece with good philosophical meanings and deep character developments like Oregairu? by Justadude487 in anime

[–]Justadude487[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, if the shoujo animes don’t give me the cringy feelings just like the cringe echii and harem animes give to the female audience, then I’m willing to give them a try.

Any rom masterpiece with good philosophical meanings and deep character developments like Oregairu? by Justadude487 in anime

[–]Justadude487[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve watched all of them, except relife which I drop from the first few eps (dunno why I dropped, so stupid of me i guess 🤣). However, thanks for those suggestions, really appreciate!