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Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates

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Re: Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates

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Post by hackernudes »

Dwedit wrote: post #5

If you have registers, it's not "no memory".

If you have flip flops, it's not "no memory".

If you have a ROM, it's not "no memory".

Needlessly pedantic!

I thought this was pretty cool but the first video didn't play. All this write up and I really just want to see the damn demo in action first! (Edit: reloaded the page and it worked. I still would like to see it on rela hardware!)

Re: Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates

#7

Post by a1k0n »

hackernudes wrote: post #6
Dwedit wrote: post #5

If you have registers, it's not "no memory".

If you have flip flops, it's not "no memory". If you have a ROM, it's not "no memory". Needlessly pedantic! I thought this was pretty cool but the first video didn't play. All this write up and I really just want to see the damn demo in action first! (Edit: reloaded the page and it worked. I still would like to see it on rela hardware!)

Ah that's what I get for self hosting. What browser?

https://youtu.be/7xPS-0nydms

Re: Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates

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Post by oofbey »

xphos wrote: post #3

As a computer science guy who interlops in computer engineering i really want to find time to build something cool like this and tapeout. The retro architectures for rendering are simple but fun! I love the project

It’s amazing and wonderful to see the Internet support these tiny cliques of interest. Having everybody connected leads to homogenization of culture in some ways, but it also supports these couple dozen (?) people around the world finding each other for this amazing little competition.

Re: Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates

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Post by a1k0n »

a1k0n wrote: post #7
hackernudes wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have flip flops, it's not "no memory". If you have a ROM, it's not "no memory". Needlessly pedantic! I thought this was pretty cool but the first video didn't play. All this write up and I really just want to see the damn demo in action first! (Edit: reloaded the page and it worked. I still would like to see it on rela hardware!)

Ah that's what I get for self hosting. What browser? https://youtu.be/7xPS-0nydms

And this thread shows all of them on real hardware: https://x.com/i/status/1992802154370011595

Re: Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates

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Post by Neywiny »

xphos wrote: post #3

As a computer science guy who interlops in computer engineering i really want to find time to build something cool like this and tapeout. The retro architectures for rendering are simple but fun! I love the project

I recommend getting started like the author did: simulation first, then FPGA. Honestly FPGA will take you very far. I always get a kick out of being able to design my own SoC. "Hmmm I need 9 separate I2C ports... Ok, copy block, paste paste paste..." Or if you have an operation in software that's taking forever you can write an accelerator for it
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