Walked the semiconductor gallery at the Computer History Museum with a friend who builds compilers. Seeing the 4004 layout blown up across a wall, I could still find the places where we ran out of room and improvised. The exhibit is careful and honest about how long the silicon gate work took.
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The improvised sections are the ones students should study. Nobody teaches the compromises.
Took my graduate class there in the spring. Half of them had never seen a mask layout.
I wish the labels said more about the yield problems. Still the best gallery in the building.