PC Gamer

You too can run a functional 16-bit CPU inside Microsoft Excel thanks to one YouTube hobbyist with more willpower than I shall ever possess

Microsoft Excel isn't exactly up there when it comes to anyone's top-ten list of exciting software. Regarded as the dependable if more-than-slightly dull workhorse of productivity apps, the mere ...
TweakTown

Someone built a functioning 16-bit CPU inside Microsoft Excel with its own custom language

Building a functioning 16-bit processor or CPU inside Microsoft Excel, with its own memory, output, and custom assembly language, is an impressive - if not entirely useful - feat. This is because ...
TechSpot

Hobbyist builds fully functioning 16-bit CPU in Microsoft Excel

In a nutshell: In an impressive display of creativity and technical finesse, a hobbyist has managed to build a fully functioning 16-bit CPU entirely within Microsoft Excel. The project provides a ...
PC Gamer

Intel proposes x86S, a 64-bit CPU microarchitecture that does away with legacy 16-bit and 32-bit support

Intel has released a whitepaper outlining a way to simplify its CPU architectures by removing legacy 16-bit and 32-bit support, therefore making them 64-bit only. Intel believes this change will lead ...
Electronic Design

1-Hz, 8-Bit RISC Micro Built Using Minecraft Redstone

Sammyuri's CHUNGUS 2 (Computational Humongous Unconventional Number and Graphics Unit) isn't the first 8-bit micro built in Minecraft, but it's one of the most ambitious. The 3-operand, RISC processor ...