[butlike]

This is going to sound quaint, but because of this simulation, this is the first time I realized they're _literal_ flags on the sides of the CPU, which is blowing my mind.

[epcoa]

You mean the pads? Those are the connection points for the wires that connect to the external package pins.

[kridsdale1]

Unless they are hooked directly to little Swiss clock figurines holding semaphores. At that point you’d kinda have the amazing human CPU from Three Body Problem.