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Forget "can it run Doom?" - hardware buff shows you can run a Minecraft server on a cheap smart LED lightbulb

Vimpo Minecraft server.
  • Vimpo hosted a Minecraft server on a cheap AliExpress smart LED bulb
  • The bulb used a BL602 RISC-V microcontroller running at 192 megahertz
  • The microcontroller had 276 kilobytes of RAM and 128 kilobytes of ROM

A hardware enthusiast known as Vimpo has taken the phrase “can it run Doom?” to a new level by managing to host a Minecraft server on a budget smart LED bulb.

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