Hardware

Examples of Computer Processor Types • CISC (Complex Instruction ( i.e. Intel x86) • RISC (Reduced Instruction, ARM, i.e. Apple M1, etc.) • GPU (nVidia, AMD) • ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits, single purpose computer, i.e. bitcoin miner) • FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays, i.e. IoT chips) • Photonic • Quantum • Computational DNA • Extropic - Thermodynamic Computation

Computer Component OEMs

• nVidia • AMD • Intel

Hardware Design Platform Companies

• Synopsys • Candence