>> Well starting over from first principles is exactly what the chip design and manufacture industry is doing.
No, there are thousands of hardware libraries (HDLs, IP cores, Standard cell libs) which chip designers use. Hardly anyone builds chips from first principles. They are using same layers of abstractions as software does.
No, there are thousands of hardware libraries (HDLs, IP cores, Standard cell libs) which chip designers use. Hardly anyone builds chips from first principles. They are using same layers of abstractions as software does.