An eight-month project has finally built a working 8-bit processor within the Minecraft game. Minecraft builder "Sammyuri" spent seven months building what they call the Chungus 2, an enormously ...

The 8-bit CPU uses 16-bit, fixed-length instructions with seven general-purpose registers.. The 4-stage instruction pipeline implements fetch - decode - execute - writeback.

The 8-bit computer is made out of complex blocks like torches, repeaters, pistons, levers, and, most crucially, “redstone dust” that acts as an electrical conductor.

The "Minecraft" player boasted the Cungus 2 in a YouTube video, wherein he further elaborated on the technical specifics of the virtual 8-bit processor.

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That said, there’s no harm in trying, so The 8-Bit Guy is currently working with a few dev boards, specifically one designed around the 65816 CPU. The 65816 is an interesting chip, in that it is ...

Ryan Boulds is a recent computer science graduate who began building this computer within Minecraft last year. I caught up with him last year to discuss the project, which was at the time just ...

Home > Computing Man Builds Custom 8-Bit CPU From Scratch One enterprising individual has built his own 8-bit CPU from scratch, on solderless breadboards -- and learned to program it, too.

Kyle Hovey has decided to build his own 8-bit CPU from scratch, out of breadboard, NVRAM chips, surface-mount transistors, and lots and lots of wire -- and he's blogged his experience, so you can ...