From Nand Gates to Pong: A Journey of Building a Computer
2025-02-18
The author spent nearly a month completing the first part of the Nand2Tetris course, building a 16-bit Von Neumann computer from the ground up, starting with basic Nand gates, culminating in successfully running the game Pong. This journey provided deep insights into abstraction and significantly enhanced his software development skills from a hardware perspective. The author also shares his experience overcoming challenges, such as the struggle to understand multiplexers and the eventual eureka moment.