16-bit address and data buses? Hardware multiplier, divider, and barrel shifter? I wouldn't exactly call it simple. The cost to build one out of discrete logic probably approaches the quadruple digits.
Magic-1 (http://www.homebrewcpu.com/) is a 16-bit, microcoded homebrew CPU that took about 4 years to build, and it doesn't have any of the above features.
Who will implement a DCPU16 in Conway's game of life?
Seriously though, the fact that we're able to ask questions like this is a breath of fresh air... as a market, Notch has done a hell of a job appealing to us.
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Who will be the first one to build a DCPU16 computer inside Minecraft?
I'd love to see one made using discrete logic. It's a pretty simple CPU so it looks to me like you could pretty easily build it out of 74 series.
> It's a pretty simple CPU
16-bit address and data buses? Hardware multiplier, divider, and barrel shifter? I wouldn't exactly call it simple. The cost to build one out of discrete logic probably approaches the quadruple digits.
Magic-1 (http://www.homebrewcpu.com/) is a 16-bit, microcoded homebrew CPU that took about 4 years to build, and it doesn't have any of the above features.
More important: Who will be the first one to code Minecraft on a DCPU16 computer?
And who will implement Conway's game of life on top of that?
(I'm psychic: the next comment will ask who will implement a DCPU16 in Conway's game of life.)
Who will implement a DCPU16 in Conway's game of life?
Seriously though, the fact that we're able to ask questions like this is a breath of fresh air... as a market, Notch has done a hell of a job appealing to us.
who will implement a DCPU16 in Conway's game of life.