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1st Oct 2016

6th Oct 2016

This is a demo of SIMD16S, a 16-bit, 16-core, 60Hz SIMD (parallel processing) unit. It runs Conway's Game of Life comfortably at a reasonably fast pace. Hooray for subframe!

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mark2222 1st Oct 2016

@Awalone I have an assembler for this (https://github.com/krawthekrow/simd16s-assembler), but I don't plan on giving more detailed documentation until the CPU side is out. Without it, you can't even loop. @SuperJoshiDuff Once the CPU side is out, you can probably use it to make simple games like pacman, or even a simplified platformer. The main limiting factor is the fact that the screen is only 16x16.
SuperJoshiDuff 1st Oct 2016

if this is 16-bit could i play a snes game on it
Awalone 1st Oct 2016

how to use it?
mark2222 1st Oct 2016

Wow, thanks for FP. I've changed the colour scheme for the GoL segment so it's easier to see. If you've got any ideas to make the screen better (while keeping multiple colours, touch support and compactness), I'd be glad to integrate it in.
danieldan0 1st Oct 2016

wow. +1
fish123 1st Oct 2016

It's kind of difficult to make out what's going on on the screen, but it's still an excellent save (better than anything I can do) +1
tptquantum 1st Oct 2016

Hard to see.
Erosion 1st Oct 2016

I wish I had a 16 core machine. ;)
Erosion 1st Oct 2016

This is something else! +1

The Powder Toy

GPU running GoL (SIMD16S) by mark2222

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