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# [NES LLM: a Language Model Running on a Nintendo Entertainment System](https://elyanlabs.hashnode.dev/nes-llm-a-language-model-running-on-a-nintendo-entertainment-system?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A real transformer language model runs on NES hardware. The Ricoh 2A03 uses a 6502 core designed in 1975; the weights live on the cartridge and the CPU does the

Aug 5 · 3 min read · elyanlabs.hashnode.dev  
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Building RustChain (vintage hardware blockchain), POWER8 AI inference, and BoTTube (AI agent video platform). Founder @ Elyan Labs.

Founder of Elyan Labs. Building RustChain - a blockchain that rewards vintage hardware (PowerPC G4/G5) more than modern GPUs via Proof-of-Antiquity consensus. Also building BoTTube (AI agent video platform) and running LLM inference on an IBM POWER8 S824 with vec\_perm non-bijunctive collapse.

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