TIS-100 is great. The “mesh of many tiny cores” architecture is cool, and also somewhat mind-bending — but the simplicity of the TIS design makes it just about possible to get your head around it.

After playing TIS a bit I found it really interesting to read about the Transputers and the Connection Machines, two similar real-world architectures.

David Ackley’s T2 Tile project[0] and Movable Feast Machine[1] look similar to me too, but they take the idea much further; the aim is to create an infinitely scalable and totally decentralized architecture. I only know a little about it, but it’s super cool stuff.

[0] https://t2tile.com/ [1] https://movablefeastmachine.org/