How do logic gates calculate their output?

Question

Do transistors calculate the output? If so, wouldn’t transistors be the most fundamental logic of computers?

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Answer 1

It’s like playing red rover and keeping score. When a player breaks through, it’s a 1. When a player doesn’t, it’s still 0. Each turn you add up the score and that’s your output.

Transistors have no logic though. They’re simply in a simple state of yes, no, or maybe. They *enable* logic by storing states, but they themselves are simply flag posts: the CPU turns it into logic via binary and higher level code.