Microprocessors And Transistors
Posted by on May 9, 2026
I have been thinking about some things in the afternoon and I am going to note down about one topic that stood out, microprocessors. This topic is the subject from the past, from the college curriculum.
I have studied parts of the microprocessor book. I have studied electronics. I have seen the books related to microprocessors and I have seen the books involving topics related to transistors, etc.
How it comes together can be thought about. As an engineer who is long out of his college, this might be a good mental exercise.
Basic question is, how does a microprocessor work, with the concept of a microprocessor, transistors, and micro-programming. It can all be put together now, along with some more miscellaneous concepts.
Basically, a microprocessor is a very huge collection of transistors. These transistors can hold/transmit voltage, which gets interpreted as a 1 or a 0 at some place, this is also a concept. How does an instruction get executed? An instruction, loaded and interpreted as a set of 1’s and 0’s itself will be applied as the corresponding voltage(s) to the relevant transistor set, of course, after becoming microcode which can be understood by the microprocessor hardware. This voltage set, when applied to the right set of transistors, gets transmitted to the right final set of transistors, after passing through the gating transistors. It reached the final transistor set/area, which, I think, is, something like, one set/area per microcode instruction. This final set then lights up with the right levels of voltages, transmitting the voltages along microcode circuits made of transistors, an advanced version of adders, etc. which can be found in the college textbooks. The result obviously appears as a voltage set which gets collected as output, and, gets interpreted as a set of 1’s or 0’s, just like the computer engineers describe it, or, like it. This may be how it basically works. And, I think, that, there must a set of transistors, a large one, like in millions, one, for each instruction in microcode. This fits well with the number of transistors found on the modern microprocessor, which is in billions, if we go with the millions number for each microcode, then the number of instructions in the microcode instruction set can be calculated to be in hundreds.
This is my basic guess on the functioning of a microprocessor.
City And Its Contents
Posted by on May 7, 2026
It was weird that, my mind went back many years, when I used to wander the part of city that I live in, after my 2.5 years coding burnout. It was something that I did regularly. It is not that this process was new to me. I had done it before, after my personal life took a different turn.
It all feels good, movielike. I mean, it sure looks so. With all the people, the roads and the vehicles. You can go to any place you want and you can return at any time you want. There may be a hope that you will someone nice. It is only hope, of course, this, you only realize with the age. There is no such thing as nice when the people count nears millions.
Today, it occurred to me that this may not be such a good idea. And, this, may be a result of the age. The places outside, in a city, in a town, may house many unwanted elements, the elements which you may not want, and you may not be able to see. This, “you may not be able to see” part is what needs to be seen, or, rather had come to my attention, fully. The city may not be such a pleasant place after all, beneath the clean roads and colourful vehicles, beneath what may seem as normal, may be something that may come to you only after years, or never. This slow creep got to me fully today, I think.
I think, that sitting in a public place for even a moment than is necessary will invite into your mind the things which you may not want, things which might stay with you forever. This is no joke. The world is full of people wanting to use you and as a person who is new to the outside, you may not be aware of the mechanisms. It may be more than what meets the eye. It may be possible, that, you end up influencing people in public places, by your mere presence. This effect may be irreversible. Unless, of course, you are a person who has patience and resources to hold on. Still, it may be a bad idea.
You will get influenced by someone you don’t want to be influenced by. And, you might go on with it. It is a bad idea if you are alone, or, even if you have people for you. It is a very effective play on the human emotions, the result of which, is that, you might end up with an excess of emotions towards the word, an effect which cannot be undone.
For that matter, I think, it is a bad idea, to even share a house with other people.
I come to the conclusion, that hanging out in public places without a purpose should be avoided totally. Or, even the matter of visiting other people’s houses can be considered and then it is up to one’s personal choice, one might avoid that also.
This process of public influence and reverse influence may be irreversible. Although, there is one way. Like it is shown in some places, you can remove yourself from the public surroundings completely and just sit, alone, letting your body take care of it all, using the mechanism provided by the body and the nature. There may be words for it in all the cultures, all the languages, like ascetism, yoga, etc. This might take years, but, might work.
The Guru
Posted by on April 7, 2026
I got into thinking about some experience I had in the past. It is related to a business organization. I remember the organization because I remember some people fired from it. Obviously, it is remembered.
There might be an interesting pattern to observe here, in terms of group behaviour. I think, that, it is a very prevalent pattern in the world, of, looking at a particular type of person, in order to gain some kind of guidance. It might seem like an over-estimation, but, I think, that, there is a good amount of majority that engages in this kind of behaviour. They seem to have some kind of “sixth sense” when it comes to detecting such a person, to offer them some kind of guidance. These people, who seek such a guidance, might detect such a person and might do something around them, which is not a fixed action, but, a set of actions, they do may be one or two of them around such a person, it could be termed a “compulsion”. In this context, I can fit certain behaviours I have observed at the above mentioned organization. I remember, going back, that, they had some kind of convoluted and rather too simple rules. The organization, with its small size, obsession about the leader, rules and a taboo about saying anything negative about the leader, can be termed as a cult. But, I think, it is more of a group seeking refuge from the world, and some kind of spiritual guidance. I have to mention that, this particular business organization might have failed at a few aspects when it came to the goals. For one, it was a business organization, it is necessary, I think, for such a social construction to offer spiritual guidance, the rules in this organization were too simple and seemed convoluted. And, although, it might have helped a good portion of its members, it might have failed miserably for some, as I remember 2 suicides from the organization, a possible marker of it, lacking a spiritual component. It comes to the mind, that, people from certain geographies seem to do it very well in comparison to others.
I have to note that, I draw my opinion from a cult, the members of which committed suicide, en masse, and, from observations of gurus from all over the world who had success. Suicide is a failure.
Factory People
Posted by on April 7, 2026
The field of factory setup and operation seems important and fit for an analysis by an engineer from a business point of view, or one may call it an economics point of view.
Something has stuck on my mind for some time now, that, an engineer must have an understanding of the social matters. I think, it is assumed, that, or, rather it is so, that, an engineer does not inherently possess a good hold of the social matters. It may be truly so. This might come up later. For now, the focus will be on the subject of a factory. This line of thought has started from the observation of the people belonging to the general population. They seem to be having no particular skill set. It comes to the mind, as to, why or how they move around in the world. It may not be that important, or, there may be something there. I might have missed it so far. They might be somehow prone to being around people and somehow trying to make each other live, in some way. It is a crude guess, but, going by the nature of life and people, it cannot be better than crude, anything more accurate than crude and you are talking about machines. They are not exactly people. In general, the people, then seem to be into something else. This brought my mind into the context of factory, which is obviuosly not the place for general population. Who works at a factory? The answer is not hard to find. It is a person who can work something for 8 hours, which involves some kind of machine. It cannot be anything less. Then, the mind runs to the matter of people managing the factory and the workers. They, too, will be farther from the general population. I think, it is best, if these people are all engineers, who are a good fit for this kind of job. I think, that, anybody from elite institutions, or, anybody from institutions not in operation for a while can be kept away. The first category may not belong in a common factory. The second category may not belong anywhere. An institution in operation for a while, for, like, 2 decades and which is reputed can be trusted to produce some good engineers. There is more to consider for factory operation, those will come up later.
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