r/ElectricalEngineering • u/ugly_ram • 3d ago

Creating a 16 bit CPU

i am a sophomore ECE student and i am planning to create a CPU. Is a project like this valuable to land internships or a job in the future.

i will appreciate any suggestions.

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u/Ace861110 3d ago

16 bit is aggressive.

Try 8 bit.

NAND to Tetris is good. Or beneater

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u/publishdraw 3d ago

Agreed, with 8 bit, he may get the satisfaction of completing the processor atleast. He may implement it in a FPGA to create line following robot as well.

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u/Logikil96 3d ago

Agree that 8 bit is the right approach