Worst Microchip Ever
PlanningEducational project exploring what makes a microchip design fundamentally flawed.
Electronics Electronics Education
Overview
An educational exploration of microchip design by intentionally creating the worst possible one — teaching principles of chip design through anti-patterns and deliberate flaws.
Problem
Chip design is abstract and hard to learn. By designing a deliberately bad microchip, the project makes the principles tangible and entertaining — showing what matters by showing what goes wrong when you ignore it.
Approach
- Research what makes a microchip design fundamentally flawed
- Design a “worst case” chip that violates best practices
- Document the anti-patterns and explain why they matter
Open Questions
- What level of abstraction? (Logic gates, transistor level, full ASIC?)
- What tools to use for simulation/design?
- What are the most instructive failure modes to showcase?