http://foulab.org/en/user/strawdog/Golem
The write up doesn't permit posting of comments, so go ahead and post em here. Note the challenge - if you manage to write some code for this thing, we'd love to hear about it.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Golem: One bit to rule them all
It was quite a long time ago I first heard LegionLabs talking about the one-bit processor he was designing. It was one of those ideas that was either deep, or crazy. Turns out it was deep. It took my little brain a while to catch on, but eventually I was able to help out a bit. We finally put together a write up on the Foulab site.
http://foulab.org/en/user/strawdog/Golem
The write up doesn't permit posting of comments, so go ahead and post em here. Note the challenge - if you manage to write some code for this thing, we'd love to hear about it.
http://foulab.org/en/user/strawdog/Golem
The write up doesn't permit posting of comments, so go ahead and post em here. Note the challenge - if you manage to write some code for this thing, we'd love to hear about it.
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So how loose is your definition of useful again, because I have a simple adding program almost finished. Btw, I think the idea definitely %100 deep, not crazy.. well maybe %70, %20, $40, D7. Let's suffice it to say that I like it.
ReplyDeleteThe definition is pretty wide open - post it up, and drop on down to Foulab when you are in the Montreal area to collect that beer. We will be interested to see it.
DeleteI've been somewhat distracted by the 1-bit processor concept since reading about it on Hackaday and will probably build one with TTL just for the experience of it. I've built a JavaScript version of it with a 4-bit address and 4-bit operands (for simplicity). At the moment it only runs the counter program from 0 - 7 but I might build an interface into it so that other programs can be written and loaded.
ReplyDeleteIt can be found here: http://ttlcpu.com/articles/1-bit-cpu-4-bit-address
Glad you enjoyed it! The Javascript version looks great. The TTL CPU you are working on looks like a pretty cool project too. Over at Foulab we'd be very interested to see your build (either 4bit, or 1bit, or both). Bring it by if you are in the area.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'll definitely give you the heads up if/when I build the 1-bit processor and for sure next time I'm in Montreal. Ironically I was passing through on a connecting flight to Vancouver a few weeks before I first saw the Golem processor.
ReplyDeleteWrite up has moved here:
ReplyDeletehttps://foulab.org/projects/legionlabs-and-strawdog/golem/
Very cool!
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