ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

BSIM

BSIM is like a set of rules that helps grown-ups make computer chips that can do cool stuff like talk to us and play games.

Imagine you have a really big treasure map with lots of tiny details that show you where to dig for gold. That's like a computer chip - it has lots of tiny parts that work together to do something useful.

But to understand those tiny parts, the grown-ups use something called BSIM. It's like a special book that tells them how each part works, what it needs to work properly, and what it can do.

For example, imagine you have a tiny machine that decides when to turn on a light switch. BSIM tells the grown-ups how much electricity it needs to do that, how fast it can work, and what happens if it gets too hot or too cold.

Without BSIM, the grown-ups might not know how to build that tiny machine correctly, or they might not know how to make it work with the other tiny parts in the computer chip.

So basically, BSIM helps the grown-ups make sure that all the tiny parts in a computer chip work together and do what they're supposed to do. Just like how you need all the pieces of your puzzle to fit together to create a complete picture.