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You can implement any logic function with a large enough lookup table. That doesn't mean it's necessarily a good idea. It wasn't done this way then and isn't
by xiphmont 10y ago
You can implement any logic function with a large enough lookup table. That doesn't mean it's necessarily a good idea.
It wasn't done this way then and isn't done this way now not because it's impossible (or even that hard), it's because it usually doesn't make sense compared to the alternatives. It's slow and burns a comparatively large amount of resources.
That said, the project is interesting precisely for the reasons that it renders these lessons concrete, and apparently was fun to implement.
...now back to my Minecraft RISC-V....
- nickynickell 10y agoI'm actually gearing up for a RISC-V processor in Fallout 4. All of the design work is done, but building it with the vanilla logic gates (introduced in the Contraptions DLC) actually isn't possible. Luckily I already had a mod with "real" components when Contraptions was announced. Assuming you weren't joking, how sophisticated is your design? (as in, "is it pipelined?")
- xiphmont 10y agoI was joking :-) I've made a few simple microcontrollers and microsequencers in Minecraft (as 'micro' as you can get with a 1M feature-size) and I've often fantasized about bigger projects, but it's only been fantasy. Still, it lends itself reasonably well to old NMOS-style layouts...