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MCPU - A Minimal 8Bit CPU in a 32 Macrocell CPLD

5 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2022-02-23 · latest 2026-06-18

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  1. …it to run non trivial programs [3]. [1] https://github.com/jeceljr/SBN/blob/master/sbn.pdf [2] https://github.com/cpldcpu/MCPU [3] https://github.com/jeceljr/digitalCPUzoo/tree/main/MCPU
    comment by jecel · 2026-06-18 · in Show HN: We built an 8-bit CPU as 2nd year EE students
  2. For a very early beginning take a look here - https://github.com/cpldcpu/MCPU .
    comment by avmich · 2025-06-11 · in Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?
  3. A nice non-Turing-tarpit minimalistic MCPU: https://github.com/cpldcpu/MCPU .
    comment by avmich · 2025-01-22 · in Simple CPU Design
  4. In terms of transistors I think MCPU by Tim Boscke can be hard to beat - https://github.com/cpldcpu/MCPU , however how many transistors this 8 bit CPU has is not clear.
    comment by avmich · 2023-04-01 · in My4TH – A minimalistic FORTH computer with discrete CPU
  5. This CPU should fit :) https://github.com/cpldcpu/MCPU
    comment by cpldcpu · 2022-02-23 · in Clear – Open-Source FPGA ASIC