Just for curiosity - is there some overview over basic electronic elements in ICs and how they work? I'm a physicist by training who deeply neglected her electronics curriculum. I come from quantum computing and quantum information originally and did a lot of unconventional computing. So for me a computer is a) a set of reversible logic gates build of matrices of a special type or b) a feedback looped system where you model the mathematical problem you want to solve onto some sort of physical system (be it analog electronics, mechanics or whatever) to solve your problem. I want to understand more deeply how regular computer chips work and what one can do with them. Quantum computing is quite easy in comparison because we deal with very simple systems mathematically. Thanks in advance.

Hi Alexandra, I suggest the first electrical engineering textbook that I had in college. (I took this class back in 1976). I did an internet search and it appears that it is still in print. "Basic Circuit Theory" Authors: Charles A, Desoer & Ernest S. Kuh publisher: McGraw-Hill Here is the first paragraph of the text book: "Electric circuits are not new to you. Many of us have already encountered then in high school and college physics courses and possibly in some engineering courses. However, the treatment of circuits may have been casual and may have consisted by and large of special cases. In this book the basic theory of electric circuits will be developed systematically so that when the reader has finished this book, they should feel confident in their understanding of circuits and in their power to analyze correctly any given circuit. Furthermore, in the process of systematic exposition of circuit theory, you will become acquainted with a number of fundamental ideas important to many engineering fields, for example, communication, control, and mechanical systems. Thus, a systematic course in circuit theory is a keystone in the education of an engineer, especially an Electrical Engineer."

CMOS VLSI Design by Weste and Harris is a good overview (with a digital focus)

Let's make a deal. I teach you electronic circuit and you teach me quantum computing