Hardware version for two-dimensional cellular automata

In this paper we propose a hardware version for two-dimensional cellular automata. Since cellular automata are parallel systems containing a large number of simple processing elements, their hardware version is necessary for their real-time study and applications. A cellular automata chip is described both at the architectural and cell level. The paper outlines the main functions of the cellular automata chip and describes how they operate. We also present some quantitative aspects that determine the chip dimension. The chip can be succesfully used for experiments with large CA implying long-time evolution.