Megaprocessor Talk (Open to all)

We're honoured to have a talk from James Newman who has built a 16 bit microprocessor.

From scratch.

Out of transistors.

Out of 14 000 transistors.

http://www.megaprocessor.com/Images/view_from_above.jpg

To quote The Register: "The finished circuitry, when mounted on a wall of boards, will measure 14 metres long and 2 metres high (46ft by 6.6ft), will weigh about a half-ton, and will consume 500W. he now fears he won't be able to fit it all in his home."

James is bringing in part of the processor and talking about what it is, how it works, some cool information on microprocessors and perhaps why he built it in the first place.

http://hackaday.com/2016/04/30/megaprocessor-is-a-macro-microprocessor/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33237863

http://www.megaprocessor.com/progress.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/23/brit_mega_processor/