this is actually a *non*-von neumann machine, meaning it does not store program and data in the same memory space. the decidedly non-supercomputeriffic intel 8048 and 8051 are also non-von designs.

Posted at 1:52 pm on Feb 20th, 2009 by localroger

I’m sure there’s still some bottleneck in there. Perhaps that slow serial link to get data in and out.

Posted at 4:11 pm on Feb 20th, 2009 by DarkFader

localroger, yes that is what tfa said.

Posted at 8:02 pm on Feb 20th, 2009 by mem

Interesting, yet utterly useless.

Posted at 3:16 am on Feb 21st, 2009 by darkore

Look guys, reposting stories that you found on *smaller* websites is fine. But reposting stories you find on Slashdot is just silly.

Posted at 4:31 am on Feb 21st, 2009 by MattieShoes

To be fair to hackaday, I did submit it here first, they were just a bit slow to post stories today =) On that note:

1. Yes, it is non-von neumann. That’s why it’s called the “Non-Von.”

2. The I/O Bottleneck is a problem, but I set it at 19.2 kbd so I could talk to it using my Kaypro 2 computer (which is from 1983, and maxes out at 19.2 kbd). My FPGA board actually had a USB connection, although the drivers are for Windows only so I couldn’t really use it. I think that can go up to 35 megabytes/s pretty easily though.

3. Yes, it’s useless, but I needed an interesting way to teach myself Verilog =)

Posted at 6:07 am on Feb 21st, 2009 by chris

All the websites don’t work. The pic here shows a book with a plug on the side. I don’t see any movie of it working, or wiring schematics, or photos of the components. It appears fake. If you’re going to do a project, at least show it working on youtube.

Posted at 10:07 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by inquisitor

Fake. The page is a dead link. The project is a hoax.

Posted at 10:37 pm on Mar 2nd, 2009 by deb cordiosity