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GoLlURM! The Game of Life (limited) Unlimited-Register Machine!

Talkat !!Con 2021 · 2021-05-15..05-22· [creative-coding]
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Claims a working GoLlURM CPU implemented entirely in Conway’s Game of Life using gliders and three instructions (INC, DEC, JUMP_IF_ZERO), builds 16 four‑bit registers, an ALU, program ROM and a two‑stage pipeline, runs a program that factors 15 correctly, reports performance of FIVE HERTZ (requires overclocked 4.5GHz CPU), uses hashlife to accelerate simulation and demonstrates the construction functioning end to end.

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  1. 0:00Start
  2. 0:28What Is a Computer
  3. 0:58And Gate
  4. 1:52The Unlimited Register Machine
  5. 3:16Glider Gun
  6. 4:59What Do You Need for a Computer
  7. 5:50Memory
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