This is amazing work. I wanted to build something similar (virtual) while I was taking the Nand2Tetris course. I'm so impressed that you actually did it. You must have a really good understanding of how computers work now.
Show HN: I made a programmable computer from NAND gates
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#32Wow, seriously impressive. And the fact that this is the work of basically a high-schooler. I fear for the kind of competition my kids will have just to make it to college.
The course walks you through it all, and there is an accompanying book that you do not need to buy to finish the course.
Anyone who wants to do this and can focus on it for enough time can complete it and extend it into whatever shape they like, like this person.
It really is a good course.
Re: Show HN: I made a programmable computer from NAND gates
#33Wow, seriously impressive. And the fact that this is the work of basically a high-schooler. I fear for the kind of competition my kids will have just to make it to college.
This is a natural extension/expansion of the “NAND to Tetris” course on coursera, and is free if you don’t want to be graded. The course walks you through it all, and there is an accompanying book that you do not need to buy to finish the course. Anyone who wants to do this and can focus on it for enough time can complete it and extend it into whatever shape they like, like this person. It really is a good course.
Re: Show HN: I made a programmable computer from NAND gates
#34Cool project. It reminds me of a theoretical issue. As the project page says, this system is clearly Turing equivalent. Since it runs software, it even implements a _universal_ Turing machine. But the design uses only (synchronic) sequential logic [1] and Wikipedia seems to suggest that automata theory considers sequential logic only equivalent to finite state machines. Not Turing machines. Isn't that clearly a major…
Re: Show HN: I made a programmable computer from NAND gates
#35Wow, seriously impressive. And the fact that this is the work of basically a high-schooler. I fear for the kind of competition my kids will have just to make it to college.
This is a natural extension/expansion of the “NAND to Tetris” course on coursera, and is free if you don’t want to be graded. The course walks you through it all, and there is an accompanying book that you do not need to buy to finish the course. Anyone who wants to do this and can focus on it for enough time can complete it and extend it into whatever shape they like, like this person. It really is a good course.
Re: Show HN: I made a programmable computer from NAND gates
#36Wow, seriously impressive. And the fact that this is the work of basically a high-schooler. I fear for the kind of competition my kids will have just to make it to college.