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The Nibbler: A 4-bit CPU Built With 7400 Logic

Maybe we shouldn’t say “built” since [Steve Chamberlin] hasn’t actually heated up his iron yet. From the finished schematic above that is puzzling at first, until you realize the scope of the project.
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Tensilica Ports MPEG-4 BSAC Decoder for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) to HiFi 2 Audio Engine

Tensilica announced a MPEG-4 Bit Sliced Arithmetic Coding (BSAC) decoder for use in Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, which allow radio, TV and datacasting to mobile devices, particularly mobile phones ...
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Ocean Logic releases 1080p H.264 encoder and limited decoder with 8-16:1 compressed frame store that requires no off chip DRAM

Sydney, March 28 2011 --Today Ocean Logic announces the 1080p H.264 Encoder and Limited Decoder IP Cores based on a new, patent pending, Compressed Frame Store (CFS) technology whose main features are ...
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32-bit High Definition Audio Decoder DSP Family

The CS4970xx family are 32-bit multi-standard high definition, audio decoder DSP family that supports high-definition audio formats with two SPI/I2C ports and up to 12-channels of 32-bit serial audio ...
Hackaday

4-bit Adder Built From Mechanical Relays

Would you consider this to be doing math the old-fashioned way? Instead of going with silicon-based switching (ie: transistors) this 4-bit adder uses mechanical relays. We like it for its mess of ...