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From: terje.mathisen@tmsw.no (Terje Mathisen)
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Subject: To all the (wannabe) CPU architects here: A 32-bit cpu implemented
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by: Terje Mathisen - Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:28 UTC

Slightly funny: In order to make this work he had to totally reimplement
the wiring code inside the Terraria game engine, speeding the game up by
a factor of 50K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXPiqk0-zDY

Terje
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by: Thomas Koenig - Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:52 UTC

Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no> schrieb:
> Slightly funny: In order to make this work he had to totally reimplement
> the wiring code inside the Terraria game engine, speeding the game up by
> a factor of 50K.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXPiqk0-zDY

This is very impressive.

At least we know why RISC-V was invented, so he would have an easy
target for his in-Terraria emulator :-)

Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. -- John Keats

devel / comp.arch / To all the (wannabe) CPU architects here: A 32-bit cpu implemented (by hand!) inside a game engine

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To all the (wannabe) CPU architects here: A 32-bit cpu implemented	Terje Mathisen
Re: To all the (wannabe) CPU architects here: A 32-bit cpu	Thomas Koenig