When I read things like this it amazes me that computers work at all. As person who spends 99% of the time working on software, I so much take all of the EE level for granted.
Well, a computer is basically a handful of gates, instantiated millions of times. So you only have to optimize those basic gates, and because they are (supposed to be) small, the design-space is small as well which simplifies optimization.
The hard part is actually the parasitics that come into play (capacitive/inductive coupling between signal lines and the bulk), and dealing with that when synthesizing the design.
If this is intriguing, Shahriar from The Signal Path does know how this stuff works and does some amazing teardowns and repairs of six (and likely seven) figure RF equipment.
It’s not really. People like everyone to think it is.
The difference is the building blocks of circuits are different due to function and most of the time you are interested in power transfer (which requires different impedance matching relationship).
