Also, there are some parts that are not even digital anymore. Because of the very high speed, they should work like digital ports, but they are actually some analog circuitry.
They probably have a VHDL or Verilog for most parts (if not all) of the chip. But that doesn't stop to make things by hand. I bet that most of the parts of the chip (especially the critical ones) are made by hand.
I don't know how GP got insightful.
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Also, there are some parts that are not even digital anymore. Because of the very high speed, they should work like digital ports, but they are actually some analog circuitry.
They probably have a VHDL or Verilog for most parts (if not all) of the chip. But that doesn't stop to make things by hand. I bet that most of the parts of the chip (especially the critical ones) are made by hand. I don't know how GP got insightful.
How this work in Europe, where AFAIK there is no software patents?