See

https://hackaday.io/project/14628-ambap-a-modest-bitslice-architecture-proposal/log/49599-what-about-a-game-of-life

https://hackaday.io/project/18632-game-of-life-bit-parallel-algorithm

https://connect.ed-diamond.com/GNU-Linux-Magazine/glmf-213/la-logique-du-jeu-de-la-vie-exercices-amusants-de-pensee-laterale

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