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A nitpick: if the chip is manufactured in CMOS technology (as it's typically done), then no, current does not have to flow to keep the transistors' state (it's sufficient that a potential difference is maintained), only to change it. There's a tiny leakage current however, which over a few billion transistors adds up.


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