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When 8 Bits is Overkill: Making Blinkenlights with a 1-bit CPU

Over the last half year I have explored the Motorola mc14500 - a CPU with a true one-bit architecture - and made it simulate Conway's Game of Life. This talk gives a look into how implementing a design for such a simplistic CPU can work, and how it's possible to address 256 LEDs and half a kiloword of memory with just four bits of address space.

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  • Originally Aired December 29, 2025
  • Runtime 40 minutes
  • Production Code 1601
  • Created December 22, 2025 by
    r4m3u5
  • Modified December 29, 2025 by
    r4m3u5