Powder toy processor
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I am planning on completely designing a computer on the basis of removable parts, meaning ram ect can be substituted as long as it has the same pins. At the moment i am making some ram and have a few questions.
Mainly i would like to know why everyone dots there circuits?
But also what does it actually mean to be random access, does that mean that the cpu does not define a position for the information to go?
and what would be the favourable pin configuration for the reading and writing?
I have tried making the ram, am I on the right track? its called DRAM
Thank You! -
massey101:I am planning on completely designing a computer on the basis of removable parts, meaning ram ect can be substituted as long as it has the same pins. At the moment i am making some ram and have a few questions.
Mainly i would like to know why everyone dots there circuits?
But also what does it actually mean to be random access, does that mean that the cpu does not define a position for the information to go?
and what would be the favourable pin configuration for the reading and writing?
I have tried making the ram, am I on the right track? its called DRAM
Thank You!
Random access memory, meaning that you can access the memory at a random location with O(1) time (I think).
Well, afaik, x86 uses read and write flags. -
Felix
Ok So I can access the data no matter where it is on the memory at any time.
I think thats what I've done.
Its very hard to understand what devast has done because he has doted circuits and I am really confused as to why it doesn't seem to make it go faster or anything?
Thank you Felix -
massey101:Its very hard to understand what devast has done because he has doted circuits and I am really confused as to why it doesn't seem to make it go faster or anything?
I do it to easily distinct two different sets of wires, or simply because it looks better IMO.massey101:and what would be the favourable pin configuration for the reading and writing?
Data pins & Address Pins. (Data pins are shared for both input/output)
Read/Write Pin (Read 0, Write 1)
Send Data/Clock Pin (Start sending data when reading (Should be constant)/Latch onto data when Writing)
That's the design I've been working towards.massey101:Its very hard to understand what devast has done because he has doted circuits and I am really confused as to why it doesn't seem to make it go faster or anything?
Sorry about that, Jump in IRC if you want to ask me any questions. (I may be idle :|) -
oh lol, if what you though dev could do with the PT was freaky, look at this: 16 bit ALU (in minecraft).
i play MC and have found gates very hard to make... how the hell this guy made it 16 bits only in minecraft still confuses me...
But this has prompted me to ask you devas8a; will processor 2 have register negations? -
Seen the video. I'm quite astounded by the dedication this guy has put in, each and every part (Unless there is something I don't know) was made by hand.
As for processor 2. It's planned to feature XOR/OR/AND/NOT logic operations Addition, subtraction and jumping.
