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they did the math ๐Ÿฆ€ (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If the logic gates can feed back onto themselves, you can build a simple [flip flop](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics)) that can store a bit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah but you need 2 logic gates for one bit so it would take 16 logic gates for a byte, not 8.