I built a hardware processor that runs Python
Published on: 2025-08-07 07:44:54
๐งช GPIO round-trip at 480ns Python, in hardware. 480ns GPIO. No interpreter. No C. Just PyXL.
TL;DR โก PyXL runs Python directly in hardware โ no VM, no OS, no JIT.
โ no VM, no OS, no JIT. ๐งช A GPIO roundtrip takes 480ns on PyXL vs. ~15,000ns on PyBoard (MicroPython).
on PyXL vs. ~15,000ns on PyBoard (MicroPython). ๐ PyXL is 30x faster than MicroPython โ or 50x when normalized for clock speed.
than MicroPython โ or when normalized for clock speed. ๐ฅ The video demo shows both systems in action on real hardware.
๐ก This isn't a C trick โ it's actual Python executed in silicon .
. ๐ฏ Deterministic timing, real-time behavior, and sub-microsecond precision โ in Python.
๐ More at runpyxl.com โ contact link at the bottom.
What is PyXL? PyXL is a custom hardware processor that executes Python directly โ no interpreter, no JIT, and no tricks. It takes regular Python code and runs it in silicon. A custom toolchain compiles a .py file into CPython ByteCode, translates it to a custom assembly,
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