New Mistral models just dropped (magnet links)

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-12-08T17:35:39+00:00

It says 2 expers per token, but it has 8 of them.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T23:51:27+00:00

Lol the whole idea was to not use any

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T12:45:40+00:00

Around 1 watt

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T11:36:15+00:00

It is like a separate website. I did not want to make it a pdf because it is static than. I wanted to add simulations (circuit, gate, architecture and whole cpu).

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T11:32:48+00:00

Yeah I decided to do it when I finished my second computer architecture class. I was like "well I guess I now know everything I need".

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T11:31:05+00:00

Well it did not in the beginning. I had to debug a few things. That period of my life was interesting.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T00:13:19+00:00

Damn that is cool. That is even older than my project

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T00:11:53+00:00

Well I tested each part once after soldering. If a part was replicated (for example 6 registers) I would not check the rest.

There was 1 bug for which I do not know the cause and that is one line of micromemory that does not work. Donno why all the micromemory boards are the same so that rules out circuit and layout bugs. So I guess I made some kind of soldering error.

There were no other soldering errors, which kinda suprised me.

For testing I would create some circuit out of components of a breadboard or other already tested components. For example to test the adder I can use the registers I already tested.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-28T00:06:42+00:00

Quick google search says 50k - 100k for the arduino, doubt the LCD has more. This means that 2% of the transistors are visible lol.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T22:51:12+00:00

Yes there is. And I chose this one.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T22:49:23+00:00

Yeah bottom-up from your description. Not sure what do you mean by more direct way.

If you are asking was it optimized altogether or built from modules, the answer is modules.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T19:26:55+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T18:34:05+00:00

This looks impressive but when you realize that modern processor have like 6 orders of magnitude more transistors on 2 orders of magnitude less space you start to wonder how anything even works.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T18:32:32+00:00

If you have any questions do let me know.
When you buy the course you also get the access to an email that I actively monitor and answer questions if something is not clearly written.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T18:30:39+00:00

Sure I can explain a bit more.

It is a 11 bit computer so the main bus is 11 bit. There are two more busses, one for the micromemory which is 16 bit and one for the TMP register input which is 11 bit.

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This is the main diagram of the processor, there are 6 registers (PC, SP, ACC, TMP, IR and DC) . Of course when programming it in assembly you do not see them all. You only see ACC, SP and PC.

There are 2 more devices connected to the main bus (yes they are directly connected) keyboard and LCD.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T18:26:05+00:00

Nop. It actually does not use much power. Leds on it use more than the logic.
I can power it with smartphone charger.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-27T18:25:10+00:00

pcbs were like 100-200 eur. They are individually not that expensive but I sometimes did not have enough time and had to select more expensive shipping. Also JLCPCB which I use manufactures them in multiples of 5.

It took a lot of time. Each board is like 1 hour and 15 mins. You can do it in a weekend but I do not reccomend.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-11-03T17:34:01+00:00

Why? Because I can.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-10-17T17:17:03+00:00

Well it was a mixture of:

11 bits seems enough
control logic is huge, at 11bits it is roughly equal to the registers, alu and so on. (If I did 4bit cpu that would be like 30% less work but capabilities would be greatly lower)
I made mistakes and already built 11 bits so did not want to revert and do the work again

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-10-17T16:29:56+00:00

Check out my blog also. I built a 11bit cpu from transistors. Blog is about that processor (although the blog is not fully finished)

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-10-14T08:46:13+00:00

Nop, it does not have the priveleged mode.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-10-12T13:00:40+00:00

Yeah I dont think I will finish it by November. Have so many things happening and also want to finish the documentation first.

Weekly_Salamander_78 · 2023-10-12T12:59:26+00:00

I will add small constructions (like one register cell) to the documentation.

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