{"slug": "bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor", "title": "BITNET – an autoregressive language model on the 6502 processor", "summary": "Matt Beton trained a tiny Mamba-based autoregressive language model and built an inference engine to run it on the MOS 6502, an 8-bit processor from 1975 with 32KB RAM, which powered the BBC Micro and Apple II. The project demonstrates that modern language models can operate on extremely constrained hardware.", "body_md": "Matt Beton trained a tiny Mamba-based autoregressive language model and wrote an inference engine to run it on the 8-bit 6502 processor (from 1975, with 32KB RAM). The MOS 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor released in 1975, powering the BBC Micro and the Apple II. I am lucky enough to have access to my dad’s […]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor", "canonical_source": "https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/03/bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor/", "published_at": "2026-08-03 19:06:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-03 19:30:48.878799+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-research", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Matt Beton", "MOS 6502", "Mamba", "BBC Micro", "Apple II"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bitnet-an-autoregressive-language-model-on-the-6502-processor.jsonld"}}