how first instruction is loaded to devices? Is just some electricity that stores in chips somehow?

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Hi, how exactly cpu becomes clever from just be a piece of silicon? Initially its just a piece of stone and metal with photolithography on it, and then somehow it piece of stone starts understand commands, how exactly first instruction is loaded to a piece of stone?

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In addition to these correct comments I’ll add:

This is what is called bootstrapping.

It is the impossible idea that you can pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.

When you boot your computer, this is what it does.

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